Archive for the 'Politics' Category


Life During Wartime

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 […]

The Live Nation Trial

The only question left is the remedy. Of course the jury is going to hold for the states against Live Nation. Because of the TRIFECTA! Yup, the testimony re Barclays and the arena in Minneapolis. The Slack conversation between Live Nation employees gleefully deriding the consumer, talking about how people are so dumb they can […]

Country Joe McDonald

1 I think the first time I heard “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die” was on WBAI, the public radio station in New York. You see underground FM radio was the internet of its day. Not that it was truly underground, the stations were all legal, but they were an alternative, they were subversive… Do not conflate the FM radio […]

John Zogby-This Week’s Podcast

The legendary pollster talks about the war in Iran and more. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-zogby/id1316200737?i=1000753320394 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/0544db6a-d7a1-44eb-9a42-dbb228618290/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-john-zogby