Loyalty doesn’t pay. You torch your reputation and then you’re kicked to the curb like a dog, promised some gig later, like an unnamed player in a sports trade. Now the biggest news today is not Bondi’s firing, but Macron’s excoriation of Trump. Blasting him for not only undercutting NATO, but flip-flopping on his reasons […]

“When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose” “Like a Rolling Stone” Bob Dylan 1 Back in the MySpace days, when I still responded to complete unknowns, which I no longer do, a guy sent me his music and… I’m never going to lie. I’m never going to give false hope. But I’m […]

“The Threats and Bare-Knuckle Tactics of MAGA’s Top Antitrust Fixer – Mike Davis pushed DOJ officials to approve his deals—and went over their heads if they pushed back” Free link: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/lobbyists-antitrust-trump-davis-f6a02e04?st=HbDgTW&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Apple News: https://apple.news/AX8kAqCnUQlOyghTpggdLTQ This will make your head spin. It’s been flying around the internets all day. And you should read it, at least […]

I was just having lunch with a bunch of buddies, we know each other from Jim Lewi’s Aspen conference. And it’s a free-ranging conversation, concentrating primarily on travel. Peter and Barb just took a five week trip to Asia. Nichol said she had no desire to go to Japan. And as we’re eating our ribs […]