Re: Boomer Bequest Is Millennial Misery by Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ May 13, 2019
Length: 720 Words Reading Time: 3 Minutes On first reading of this editorial piece the other day, I thought the best part of it was the title because it…
Your Restaurant Business Model Is Your Roadmap To Success
Length: 273 Words Reading Time: 2 MinutesThe business model is a written statement that describes the critical elements of the master plan for your restaurant. If you have a…
Attention-To-Detail Means Dotting The I’s And Crossing The T’s
Length: 111 Words Reading Time: 30 Seconds Attention-to-detail means you should dot the i's and cross the t's in everything you do. Everything in life is important, but some…
Ideas Have Consequences
Length: 362 Words Reading Time: 2 MinutesThis first post is meant to set the stage for subsequent ones. I hope it also provides some context for my intellectual take…
Power Tends To Corrupt. What Say You?
Length: 343 Words Reading Time: 2 MinutesI was reading my journal this morning and came upon two quotes that I copied in January 2010 from a no-longer-remembered source.The first…
A Return To Sanity And Common Sense
Length: 959 Words Reading Time: 4 MinutesI retired from Saudi Aramo 16 years ago in 2003 and returned to live in the United States. In those years, I came…
Will Our Communication Skills Continue To Degrade Or Can We Make A Mid-Course Correction?
Length: 318 Words Reading Time: 2 MinutesI believe it was Seneca, the Roman philosopher, who once wrote that all human beings seek to be heard and to be known. …
The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living
Length: 298 Words Reading Time: 1 MinuteAs a point of clarification, I believe Socrates's statement that an unexamined life is not worth living is not entirely correct. I think…
Are The Justice Democrats Seeking Social Justice Or Just Total Power?
Length: 475 Words Reading Time: 2 MinutesI have recently come upon a group or movement calling themselves, Justice Democrats. The tactical and strategic objectives of this group, on a…
The Mind Boggles At What Has Happened To America In The Last 50 Years
Length: 540 Words Reading Time: 2 MinutesI do not believe we are the United States of America any longer, nor can we be, all calls for unity notwithstanding. Back…