LIQUIDATE ALL OF US? YOU WOULDN’T DARE
The first time I applied for a loan, my bank required that I produce an annual balance sheet. They wanted me to convince them I wasn’t blowing all their money […]
WHY MY TRUTH IS NOT YOURS
At 500 million dollars net worth, Dolly Parton is the wealthiest of my favorite 21st-century philosophers. Asked about being the poster child for “dumb blonds”, she pulled a switcheroo and […]
A POWER POINT PRESENTATION OF YOUR HYGENIC HORROR STORIES
My Dirty Little Secrets Do you ever wonder what your cleaning lady thinks of you? Do you worry whether or not you measure up in her eyes? “Who cares?” you […]
HOW WE BEGAN TO SEE OUR WORLD
My vote for history’s most audacious man is Fra Mauro. He was a lonely monk living in an insignificant monastery on an island near Venice. From his speck of an […]
ADVENTUROUS MINDS OF THE FUTURE
FEELING DOWN ABOUT AMERICA’S FUTURE? RUN, DON’T WALK TO THE LOCAL BUSINESS INCUBATOR SITE. I spent a day touring the Cambridge Innovation Center. The CIC is a Kendall Square, Massachusetts […]
RESURECTING A GHOST TOWN
The reality is the city of Putnam, Connecticut, was washed up. Like many New England textile mill towns, it once stood tall as part of America’s industrial revolution. During […]