Tasting Napa cabs at a local bar with my former CPA of twenty years, we got to talking about why we always got along so well. “I don’t know how you put up with me,” I said, taking a sip of a Lateral Bordeaux blend, “but I’ve always gotten along[…] Read On
Everyone talks about changing the world. Starry-eyed socialists. Millennials. Entrepreneurs. Millennials who think they’re entrepreneurs but are really just freelancers, gig workers or unemployed slackers. Even corporate executives. Pretty much everyone seems desperate to have their work mean more than just a paycheck, so CEOs are scrambling to infuse a[…] Read On
California is so out of control it isn’t funny. If the environmental bureaucrats in Sacramento don’t watch out they’ll end up driving the whole damn state over a cliff and into the Pacific Ocean. Ever since I stepped foot in this wacky state it’s been one ludicrous horror show of[…] Read On
We’ve all said things we come to regret, where what sounds like a good idea at the time ends up as what the f— was I thinking? In an online culture where CEOs are celebrities and tweets go viral overnight, one mistake can turn into a full-blown crisis. Who can[…] Read On
What do you think: Should former CIA, NSA and other intel chiefs like John Brennan and James Clapper still have security clearances when they no longer have their government jobs? The rank and file don’t get to keep them. Unlike the vast majority of commentators off and online, I’ve actually[…] Read On
Everyone’s losing their shit over Trump’s tariffs. The threat of trade war and decline in international trade have economists, pundits and politicians on both sides of the isle worried. The question is, are we really seeing the beginning of the end of a quarter century of globalization? Is protectionism really ascendent?[…] Read On
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A merger between two public technology companies ends in disaster. Turns out the executives of the company being acquired sugarcoated critical aspects of their technology and the acquiring company’s CEO bought it hook, line and sinker. This is not some sort of[…] Read On