It’s one thing to play the blame game to avoid accountability, it’s another thing entirely to fan the flames of violence for political gain. That’s a game where everyone loses. ICYMI, everyone is losing their sh*t over who’s to blame for the pipe bombs mailed to a who’s who of[…] Read On
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We are Living in an Ayn Rand Novel
“My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.” – Ayn Rand Brooklyn’s Lincoln High School had an English teacher named Mrs.[…] Read On
Social Media Is the Opium of the People
A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Imagine all the things we used to use them for . . . if you still have the attention span, that is. Today we use our minds to come up with snappy comebacks to celebrity tweets, post selfies on Instagram, make billions[…] Read On
Kavanaugh, Blasey Ford and the Court of Public Opinion
If you live on social media, life seems black and white. Nothing could be further from the truth. The world is a complicated place with lots of moving parts. Life does not vary one factor while keeping all others constant. That’s why problem-solving is never easy. That’s especially true with[…] Read On
How Celebrities Get Millions of Twitter Followers
Some guy started following me on Twitter today. He has more than three million followers. I was intrigued; what’s so special about this guy’s tweets to have all those followers? So I picked a random day and was rewarded with this: I had a dream that the Russians were bombing[…] Read On
PSA: Get Off Social Media and Get a Life
When asked in a recent CNBC interview why he doesn’t tweet more – you know, like Elon Musk and Donald Trump – Warren Buffett replied, “I am not that desperate for somebody to hear my opinion.” Since Buffett’s far too nice a guy to just come right out and say[…] Read On
Elon Musk’s ‘Real’ Master Plan for Tesla
Two years ago, Elon Musk revealed his Master Plan, Part Deux for Tesla. Sounded great. Unfortunately, and I have no idea how this could have happened, that plan appears to have been a fake. This, I believe, was Musk’s real plan: Paint a bullseye on the company by taking nearly[…] Read On