Wave the Bloody Shirt
Follow It’s not hard to find examples of politicians exploiting tragedy for cheap emotional gain. But it’s hard to imagine a more cynical episode th...
Category: Rubes and grifters
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Night
Follow Soon, it will all be over. Hard to believe, but true. The end. Denouement. Fin. The end of the arguments, the pitched battles on Facebook and in the comm...
Yes or No, But….
Follow How do you solve a problem like The Donald? From my perspective, the answer is simple: turn out the vote and beat that sociopathic charlatan like a tin d...
It’s Getting There
Follow Shadows are falling and I’ve been here all day It’s too hot to sleep, time is running away Feel like my soul has turned into steel I’ve still got the sca...
A Nice Gooey Cluster
Follow It sure is clustery. I’ve been a gavel-to-gavel convention junkie since 1972. I admit that most of the time it is tedious, pretentious, and a tower...
Disruptive Sharing Pt. 3
Follow We live in the golden era of consumer bliss. A few mouse clicks and we can sit back and wait for front-door delivery of everything we never knew we wante...
Disruptive Sharing Pt. 2
Follow A few weeks back we took a look at some of the downsides of our new “sharing” economy. It’s worth taking a look at some of the really p...
Disruptive Sharing Pt 1
Follow A couple of phrases that get tossed around pretty casually these days are sharing economy and market disruption. While these terms have been so overused ...
It’s Darker Than You Think
Follow You’ve got to be taught From year to year, It’s got to be drummed In your dear little ear You’ve got to be carefully taught. – Ro...
The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
Follow UPDATED 11/23: Correcting one grammar error that allows me to add a gratuitous Trump insult; correcting one misplaced footnote that made Gwen Graham look...