From my local country radio station: “That last song was from Kenny Chesney as we continue to bring you thirty minutes commercial-free music. This commercial-free radio provided by XYZ Auto Dealerships. Now back to the music.” That’s commercial free?? People know what a commercial is and they know when what [...]
Don't rely on innovation to paint over rotten problems. For a house to get a proper new paint job, it requires a good power wash and scraping away of the old paint. If this step is skipped, the paint job will be less than ideal. In Edgar Allen Poe’s The [...]
Children and dogs give us the gift of reminders about being excited in the moment. Children can literally roll on the ground with joy about some great gift at Christmas. They can get their elbows up to really dig in to get a giant scoop of ice cream into their [...]
Despite public rants and sound-bytes to the contrary, business is chock-full of good, productive citizens that care about both profits and community. Those working in free-enterprise organizations should be proud of the degree to which they meet the needs of customers efficiently, create opportunities for professional development, and add to [...]
I don’t like much TV programming, but I do like Forged in Fire. On the show, contestants have to forge ancient weapons like swords and axes. The job of one of the judges is to see how well the weapons work against a dummy. The judge, Doug Marcaida, has developed [...]
The FBI announced charges in a college admissions bribery scandal involving a juicy array of celebrity moms and dads. While there were certainly crimes involved, is that really the highest and best use of law enforcement resources? Does the FBI’s Boston regional office not have any more cold cases to [...]
I read recently about a transplant surgeon who, himself, was the recipient of a heart transplant. The case is notable, because the heart came from a donor who was known to have hepatitis. This doctor had long advocated that patients be open to receiving hearts from donors that may have [...]
Some people have the habit of up talking. Up talking occurs when a person’s inflection goes up at the end of the sentence. It makes a statement sound like a question. A different kind of condition happens in meetings. You might call it down talking. People talk about tactics instead [...]
It has been reported that power lines were a key factor in the devastating Camp fire in California. It has been further reported that an upgrade of that line was planned and postponed yearly since 2013. Evidently the issue was clear enough to warrant attention yearly, but not enough to [...]
It is good to have traditions. I am grateful for the traditions of Christmas. I love football season. I like the movie awards season. I am looking forward to it warming up enough to get back in the pool. These are, for me, great examples of continuity. But there are [...]