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The Trump Family’s Responsibility, not the Country’s
In this first quarter of the 21st Century, family’s in America are dealing ever more frequently with the impact of longevity and all too often with the companion devastation and tragedy of aging of the body and mind of its senior... Read →
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Ignore the Know-Nothings Pushing Emerging Markets Now More than Ever
Every couple of hours, CNBC brings in a money management type to ask them what they are buying (and selling). Anyone who has been watching CNBC for more than a decade knows that this is a good time to hit the mute button. Sometimes,... Read →
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The US Economy Is Outperforming the Rest of the World, but Europe Will Be the Renewables Technology Leader in 20 Years
Technology is what has made the US great. It is what has made us more affluent as a society than any society in the history of mankind. And, over the last 20 years, the most extraordinarily innovative and influential companies like... Read →
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NY Times Op-Ed Author is A Woman, Maybe Kellyanne Conway
It won’t be long before the heroic author of the anonymous Op Ed in yesterday’s NYT is known. She knew she would be identified, even though she tried to hold her cover for a while – for example, by the diversion tactic of... Read →
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Woodward Book is the Latest Media Talking Point, but Won’t Change Anything
The media is going crazy trying to make hay of the revelations in Bob Woodward’s latest book. Much of what he says in his book have been said already. Somehow, the fact that these same things have been written by the journalist who... Read →
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Robert Mueller Blew It
Robert S. Mueller has been in government too long. He has lost his edge. He’s obviously a bright and worthy man. But, Mueller is obviously, also, far too married to process and procedure, and far too short on strategy. And, by... Read →
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Giuliani is Way, Way Over the Line
As a New Yorker who experienced 9-11 and a Republican prior to the party’s seizure by the current president’s people, I have found it very difficult to be publicly critical of Rudy Giuliani, no matter what absurd statement he... Read →
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Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in New York – A Very Sad Day
Columbia Grammar and Preparator School (CGPS) in New York is one of the elite private schools in New York City with a distinguished history going back to 1764. Today, it boasts a student body of roughly 1300 in K-12 with a student/teacher... Read →
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Republicans and Russians Both Need to Run From Trump Right Now
People like winners. Politicians especially like to be associated with winners. Association with winners enables people to advance their own agendas, and they are very often willing to overlook the obvious personality deficiencies. It... Read →
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Audi Discontinues All Manual Transmission Cars in the US, And Loses a Lifelong Customer
I drive an Audi. I like Audis. By and large, they are the most “fun to drive” of the mainstream car brands on the market. And, I became committed after being in an accident in one in Hamburg in 1999. But, my continued... Read →
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Silicon Valley Goes Ga-Ga Over Saudi, and the US Forgets Its Very Recent Past
The Financial Times ran an interesting article today about the growing addiction of Silicon Valley to Saudi money. Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund and its private investment fund (PIF) are so flush with cash that everyone in the... Read →
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Another Day in 2018
I am one of those people who reads the printed version of the New York Times each and every morning. It’s becoming harder and harder to do so these days, so dreary is much of the news. But, today was especially depressing. Above... Read →
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Turns Out That New York’s Stupidest and Most Corrupt Politician Is a Republican
New York State’s politicians are predominantly Democrat and predominantly inept. If you can stomach watching the local news, they are also predominantly corrupt. NY1 ran a story this morning showing that virtually every county in... Read →
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America is Floundering – Girls and Women Need to Lead
There are a lot of things going wrong in America today, and one of them has nothing to do with politics. Today, there are only 24 women CEOs in the Fortune 500 companies. That’s only 4.8% of all Fortune 500 CEOs. And that number... Read →
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