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The Muslims Are Coming!
Michele Bachmann was in the news today claiming the Muslim Brotherhood has “infiltrated the highest levels of US government,” including the White House. Full article

More Child Abuse at Penn State
Penn State is being “nailed to the cross” to atone for the “sins” of all the big college football money machines in the hope that

Yahoo, Think Out of the “Bot”
The tech news is awash with comments regarding the new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Most pundits are claiming the job is insurmountable as Yahoo is

The Scourge of Bad Management
Hollywood likes to portray corporate bottom feeders as powerful. This plays to the audience of sitcoms and improves ratings. Think Radar in MASH. Think of

Starbucks is Lost
What does Starbucks really sell? That’s a question Starbucks has been trying to answer for a while now. Their coffee drinks are great, but lots

Dress Code Madness
Why do men and women dress differently at work? I sit at my desk and watch one woman after another parade by wearing sundresses with

Be the Wolf
“History is written by the winners.” Alex Haley Tweet The domestic dog is an extremely close relative of the gray wolf, differing from it by

October in Venice
Venice to me represents the possibilities of capitalism. In it’s day, Venice was among the most beautiful, most cultured, wealthiest, most educated, and most cosmopolitan cities in the world… and it’s built on a swamp. The city rose from a desolate boggy lagoon during one of the most depressing periods of world history (the middle ages) to a powerful, world-class opulent city-state because of mercantilism.

Be a Smart TechnoSloth
I’ve been using a personal computer since 1983. During that time I’ve seen a lot of hardware and software come and go. The only thing

It’s a Republic, Not a Democracy
To characterize the U.S. as a Democracy is like calling a whiskey a beverage, a Fararri a car, or whale an animal – it’s technically true, but it grossly neglects the majority of the subject’s essence.

A Company of One
My favorite tech writer, Robert X. Cringely, once told me over a plate of kung pao chicken, that predicting the future was easy; the hard

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