We live in strange times. Since I’m admittedly a peculiar person who’s lived a freakishly bizarre life, I don’t say that lightly. If you’d told me 20 years ago that fundamental concepts like capitalism and free speech would come under fire, while identity politics would spark a racial and gender[…] Read On
Twitter may be a cesspool of vitriolic trolls and losers who seriously need to get a life or at least a job, but once in a while you come across an observation that’s so insightful and witty you almost want to stand up and shout, “Holy crap, there IS a[…] Read On
While the media narrative is focused on identity politics and socialist entitlements, nobody stops to consider how we could possibly have turned out a generation of entitled brats like AOC who don’t have a clue why socialism doesn’t work in the first place. Never mind that kids aren’t taught civics[…] Read On
You climb the mountain to see the world. You don’t climb the mountain so the world can see you. – Maureen Dowd If you know anything about child psychology, you know that children are all ego all the time. To a child, attention is a zero-sum game. The more you[…] Read On
My irreverent and occasionally insightful observations on the news of the day, FWIW: Ross Perot was Trump Before Trump was Trump Ross Perot – who died this week at 89 – was not just the most successful independent presidential candidate in our lifetimes, he was also remarkably prescient. The billionaire[…] Read On
This is one of my favorite times of year. Not because summer is finally here but because this is when all the bird couples that live around here suddenly have little ones hanging around. New families of California quail, wild turkeys and ducks are all over the place. The thing[…] Read On
The notion that startups are more nimble, less bureaucratic and better places to work than large corporations may make logical sense. But in the real world, that’s far more myth than reality. How a company behaves and performs as it grows is all about the culture its founders and leaders[…] Read On