Every year around this time we’re treated to the same eyeball catching headlines about the stubborn persistence of the gender pay gap. The Obama White House had an entire website decrying how “women are still paid less than men,” 77 cents on every dollar, according to the Census Bureau. Indeed,[…] Read On
I wrote the following column right after Donald Trump won the 2016 election. He’s met many of his campaign promises in a relatively short time but, in my view, has a long way to go to MAGA. What do you think? Some say Donald Trump made too many campaign promises.[…] Read On
Watching former FBI director James Comey self-destruct before our very eyes would be sad if it wasn’t so nauseating; the way he paints himself as some paragon of virtue and higher purpose while selling out for a tell-all book, judging everyone but himself and obsessing like a jilted lover over[…] Read On
No high achievement is ever attained without adversity. It’s the fortitude to face and fight any obstacle that stands in our way that separates winners from losers. But long-term success can breed complacency and hubris that leaches that fortitude to fight right out of us. The most notable example of[…] Read On
President Trump has drawn a bullseye on Beijing, slapping tariffs on U.S. imports and labeling China a currency manipulator, all in an effort to improve our trade imbalance and bring manufacturing jobs back to America. He may be targeting the right country but waging the wrong war. China may be[…] Read On
The biggest problem with the current version of American society is that we’ve lost the ability to reason and be reasonable. We’re not just hopelessly divided; we make false claims by presenting limited data to make one-sided viewpoints sound truthful. We do it chronically and purposely. Why would otherwise intelligent[…] Read On
The way everyone’s eyes are glued to some screen or another, hands ready to tweet at a moment’s notice while Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gets grilled on Capitol Hill, you’d think this is some sort of existential crisis for the social network. You’d think these hearings are important. It’s not.[…] Read On