I watch TV news a bit. Local stuff, national stuff, the left, the right, and the ones that try to play it dead center. You know what comes across louder than almost anything else? People are angry. Fed up. Ready to bring down their righteous wrath on just about anyone and anything these days. I get it. Been there, did that, got the shirt, amigos. And I think that while it’s profoundly unsettling in many ways, I think it can also work to everyone’s benefit. Continue reading
Tag Archives: economy
Sports Questions I Can’t Answer
I can hear your shock – how could a guy who has spent a couple of decades working in sports not be able to answer a few simple questions? Well, my friends, these are the questions for which I’m not sure there are answers. No, not about the Cubs winning the World Series or are the changes to The Road Hole sacrilegious. These are broader and harder. Continue reading
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The Blue Grotto
There was a report last week that The Blue Grotto, one of Italy‘s most-visited tourist locations had been fouled by raw sewage. The suspicion was that some local mafiosi had dumped the waste they’d been paid to haul away in the water rather than pay the dumping fees to increase their profits. Fortunately, in the few intervening days, the smell has gone away and the early reports may have been wrong. But the entire incident got me thinking anyway about how many business people do the same sort of dumb things. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks
Consult Keith 