"The blackest despair that can take hold of any society is the fear that living honestly is futile." -Italian journalist Corrado Alvaro, quoted in the Sydney Australian Via "The Week" This is what bothers people. The belief that the game is rigged, that if they play by the rules they just can’t win. And winning […]

I don’t know what happens when people dieCan’t seem to grasp it as hard as I tryLike a song I can hear playing right in my earThat I can’t singI can’t help listening If Steve Jobs were alive, he’d be going to work. Because the mission was just that important. There were no excuses, nothing […]

When the revolution comes, they’ll not only want to know what side you’re on, but what side you’ve been on. I’m watching these Wall Street protests skeptically. As delineated by so many news outlets, we’re not quite sure what these protesters want. But one thing we do know is they’re angry, that 1% have all […]

I was drinking Golden Cadillacs at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. It was a reward for finishing my thesis. A trip to Jackson Hole. Where it dumped four days straight and then the sun came out and turned the snow into corn up top and mashed potatoes down below. Yes, I skied Corbet’s, navigated the […]