When a crime is allegedly committed one of the first things police do is check video footage to try to identify the perpetrator. If they succeed in getting a good image, they now have a pretty good chance of IDing the perp, courtesy off big improvements in facial recognition technology[…] Read On
The SAT adversity score controversy reminded me of a story I’ve never told you folks – how a bizarre series of events forever altered the course of my post-collegiate career. The winter of 1977-78 saw the Northeastern United States get pummeled by a series of historic storms. One of them,[…] Read On
You’ve probably heard that the College Board – which administers SATs – in its infinite wisdom has come up with an additional score that’s supposed to rate a student’s adversity (or privilege, same thing) and level the playing field, whatever that means. So with all the cheating scandals, grade[…] Read On
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9 When you’re facing failure, defeat or flat-out disaster, you can safely ignore anything that’s been written[…] Read On
Beneath our virtual façades of feel good fluff and phony personas we are all naked and flawed. We all love and hate. We all hope to laugh more than we cry. We all break and we don’t always mend. And our stories all begin and end exactly the same way.[…] Read On
All the polls indicate that capitalism has somehow managed to develop a bad reputation. And when I say bad, I mean bad. Really bad. It’s a real crisis, in my view. And that’s not going to change on its own. Bad reputations never do. They just get worse. I can’t[…] Read On
Just came out of my third colonoscopy. Still pretty hopped up on some badass narcotics and thought I’d share the joy with all of you. The joy, of course, is that it’s over. Also I can eat again after nearly two days of liquid diet and I can actually fart[…] Read On