Still Standing
10/13/2020 A month or so ago, or about five years ago in COVID time, I was listening to a discussion on CNBC among stock…
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Turn and Face the Strange
06/29/2020 After 9/11, I remember hearing people say, “This changes everything,” and “Nothing will ever be the way it used to be.” It may…
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Return to Sender
03/11/2020 I like products that are well made. Whether it’s a wristwatch, a lawnmower, a washing machine or a paintbrush, I appreciate meticulous engineering…
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Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind
07/19/2019 Do you remember when retailers used to give away things in order to promote customer loyalty? If you filled up your tank at…
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private drive
04/24/2019 There’s a lot of talk about socialism these days, and most of it goes around in circles. The reason for that lack of…
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Facemash
02/07/2019 In late December I was watching one of those year-end wrap-up shows about the biggest news stories of 2018, in this case concentrating…
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Old Flames
12/11/2018 One of the nice things about my job is that I will occasionally get a letter from an old friend who is responding…
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Painting By Numbers
08/29/2018 Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are often thought of as basically the same thing, probably because science fiction movies and TV shows have…
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Change Partners
06/08/2018 A few years ago, a business friend of mine called me to ask for advice. Perhaps advice is the wrong word. She called…
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Higher Love
2/21/18 When we took over the publication of this magazine in 1998, one of the decisions I needed to make was what to…
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