A few years ago, I received a call from a fine young man I’d advised for about nine months about ten years ago. During that nine month period when I advised him, he wanted to start a company and we explored what that entailed. He was a very smart person and diligent in his work. First rate mind and education. Winner.
“What keeps you from starting a company?” I would ask him. Continue reading
The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against Binance and Coinbase in separate actions this week. There has been a tendency to personalize these actions as being the work of Chairpersonman Gary Gensler.
“Rock, paper, scissors? I have the rock! I am the bloody ROCK!”
In the context of “knowing one’s adversaries” — who is this guy? Continue reading
The Professional Golfers Association of America, the 1916 creation of one blue blooded Rodman Wanamaker of Philadelphia to professionalize golf — actually it is the PGA Tour, not the Professional Golfers Association of America — has been locked in a controversy with its nascent rival, the LIV Tour since its inception two years ago.
In fact, they were engaged in anti-trust litigation instigated by several golfers (talking to you, Slim Shady Mickelson) with the litigation joined by LIV.
It was a nasty spat. Continue reading
The Russians threatened a year round attack on Ukraine promising a robust winter offensive that failed to materialize and what fighting did occur took a bloody and disproportionate toll on Russian combat power. Essentially, the Ukrainians gave up little to no territory and exacted a massive price in Russian blood.
The Russians, during the winter, unleashed a terrific missile attack nightly on Ukrainian civilian targets that has been substantially negated by the addition of Western anti-air assets, most particularly the US Patriot missile system.
The Russians used hypersonic missiles that were routinely defeated by the Patriot thereby piercing the bubble of Putin’s braggadocios invulnerability. Continue reading
Memorial Day is the sacred day in American history when we reflect upon and honor our war dead. It is a day dedicated to those who gave their lives for our country and for us.
If you are near a Federal cemetery, it is a moving experience to visit it and read the names on the white marble crosses and headstones and know they are men whose lives were given to us so that our lives might be lived in freedom. Continue reading
Suppose you are an ambitious Republican seeking the nomination of your party through its established primary process to contest the 2024 election against the presumptive, ancient candidate of the Democrats, President Joe Biden, you have a formidable challenge ahead of you: you have to take out Donald J Trump to get the nomination.
The “experts” believed the Republican primary contest was going to be a very tight knot of folks vying against Trump, but it has turned out to be a circus.
I like a circus. Please pass the buttered popcorn.
I am on record as saying Donald J Trump has passed his sell-by-date. I said that six months ago.
In that blog post, I argued it was time to “pass the baton” and my candidate to whom to pass it was Ron DeSantis, who had just won a huge victory for re-election in Florida.
DeSantis used to call Donald J Trump his “mentor.”
“If you want the nomination, Ron DeSalesTax, you’re going to have to take it, son.”
Since that utterance former President Trump has filed for the Republican nomination and so have several others, including DeSantis. DJT will not be passing that baton.
One of the current topics in the scrum discussion about leadership in the job environment at the C-suite level is the issue of motivation v inspiration. It is a nuanced discussion and it is tied into our current cultural metamorphosis in the workplace including such things as Work From Home v office work.
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