What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the head of a nonprofit makes $44.2 million a year? One in which a VC states that only those who pay taxes get to vote, and he who pays more gets more votes! Huh? I grew up in a middle class suburb. A […]

I don’t want to be President and I don’t want to win a gold medal. But that does not mean I can’t be inspired to do my best, to test limits, to smile with a level of achievement that I could previously only dream of. Obama is going to be in Palm Springs this weekend, […]

We knew who they were and their success had nothing to do with the death of President Kennedy. Prior to the ascension of the Beatles, the biggest acts in the land were the Beach Boys and the Four Seasons. By ’64, Elvis had already petered out, he was an old man in bad movies. Doo-wop […]

I’ve been meaning to write about winter. But every time the inspiration hits, I’m far from the computer. And I hate writing when I’m not inspired, because my audience is too large. The negative feedback, or the lack of any feedback at all, is inhibiting. Once upon a time I labored in near-obscurity. It didn’t […]