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Can Companies Really Evolve?
Business pundits love to theorize that companies can somehow “morph” their product mixes and cultures to evolve and fit the times. I don’t see any

Our Perverse American Dream
Over the years, I’ve read so many perverse opinions regarding the meaning of “The American Dream,” I feel compelled to weigh in on the subject.

The Purity of Sport
Every day about 4:00 PM, I get an urge to hit a golf ball. Because the “pull” is so strong, I sometimes refer to it

The Libertarians Need to Evolve
It’s unfortunate many Libertarians can’t speak of concepts such as liberty and constitutionality in terms of degree rather than in absolutes. Why can’t Libertarians be

Immigration Without Guns or Fences
The part of immigration most Americans take issue with is the part where millions of foreign nationals cross our borders and immediately qualify for billions

A Sad Day At Augusta National
This is a sad day for Augusta National, for men, and for personal freedom in America. The encroachment of women into “men only” clubs due

Creatives Die in Corporations
Most people fall into three general categories, those who want to rule, those who want to follow, and those who want to be left alone.

The Best iPhone Accessory is a Car
You heard it here first, in the next 10 years, the commuter automobile will become an iPhone accessory. Sound crazy? When I bought my last

Did Women’s Suffrage Kill America?
Women are wired differently than men. Not better or worse, just different. Give a woman a choice and she will most likely choose safety and

The Truth About Blogging
I’ve been giving “the value of blogging” a lot of thought. After all, it takes a lot of time and discipline to write and research

Facebook’s Dirty Secret
I’ve had a bad feeling about Facebook for a long time now, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Something is wrong. I

God Bless John Stossel
The libertarian canon seems self-evident and John Stossel explains it as well as anyone. Why don’t more people “get it?”

The Virtue of Earmarks
I saw the movie Lincoln over the weekend and I agree with the critics. It’s

Building a Better James Bond
In 1973, two events caused me an epiphany. The first occurred one afternoon when my

Post Election Blues
Like so many Americans, I’ve been sulking. I’ve got a bad case of post-election blues.

Clean Your Plate?
I’m in the third week of a new diet. “Eating to Live” as outlined in

Knowledge Has an Expiration Date
At one time I played a lot of tennis and enjoyed watching it on TV.

Revenge of the Peter Principle
The book “The Peter Principle” is required reading for any business student wishing to engage

The Future is in The Back End
Most of the hassle when collaborating with other information workers is encountered getting through firewalls.

What About Cheech?
Whenever I get together with my favorite cousin and the bourbon begins to flow, and

Committees Are Creatively Dead
Great art is more often than not, the fully nuanced singular vision of one individual.

A Fragmented America
When I was a teen in the early 70s, the “mother” of all music charts