I saw the writing on wall, when the first non-broker trained CEO was appointed at MERRILL LYNCH. My boss, who answered directly to that CEO, said to me after first meeting him, “…some people make bold moves to climb to the top. Others hide behind them so they don’t get Read more…
For Harvey Weinstein Magnetism can’t be Bought Sexual harassment allegations of Harvey Weinstein represent everything that’s wrong with masculine perceptions of power in Hollywood—and dare I say some men! As father, husband, and business partner of dynamic women I’m enraged! Julia Boorstin’s description of The Weinstein Company co-owner as “…gross Read more…
Ambush on U.S. family that left 9 dead Updated Nov 6, 2019 8:41 AM EST Mexico City — Mexican authorities have made an arrest they believe may be connected to the ambush killings of nine Americans in northern Mexico earlier this week. The state prosecutor’s office in Sonora state, where the killings occurred, Read more…
The Successes and Excesses of Political Correctness The debate over the term and its meaning is coming back. It also never really went away. By Tyler Cowen Stomping on principle. Photographer: AFP Contributor/AFP Tyler Cowen is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a professor of economics at George Mason University Read more…
Boycott Divestment Sanctions DGTL Tel Aviv Festival 2019 September 19, 2019 DGTL Tel Aviv takes place atop the ruins of an ethnically cleansed Palestinian village The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), a founding member of the largest coalition in Palestinian society that leads Read more…
The mass shootings this weekend are unspeakable. Hearing the news while in a restaurant with my daughter and family after a cheer competition brought tears to my eyes. This could have happened anywhere to anyone. Gun control is not the problem. Metal health is the problem! Six Million years ago Read more…
Where have the good old days of politics gone? Like in 1856, when a political outburst in the U.S. Senate between a conservative and a liberal from New England was quickly and definitively settled. In this particular instance the liberal was a Republican and the conservative was a Democrat. What Read more…