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Part of the problem of the homeless crisis is our inability to define the issues

How Amazon benefited from cheap number and the student loan scam to become one of the most powerful companies in the world.

Twenty Trillion in debt is going to impact us all

In college I read Robert Persig’s book “Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”. It really opened my eyes to the importance of taking time to look at and analyze situations. I had grown up in New York

Sadaharu Oh has hit more home runs than any baseball player…ever. The reason most most Americans don’t know his name is because he played in Japan. This does not, however, diminish his achievement. Sadaharu

I warned them their plan wouldn’t work but they refused to listen. They hired me to revamp their bond business. They had me write up a detailed business plan. I knew they weren’t going to follow my

“If you build it they will come. ” The famed line from the Kevin Costner movie “Field of Dreams” stands out as a cultural marker that calls out to the dreamers of the world to take a leap of faith whether

Over the last year, televangelist Joel Osteen has taken a lot of criticism about his ministry and the message he preaches. In particular, when hurricane Harvey hit Houston, Osteen was criticized for not

It has been a bad week for Facebook. The media makes it seem as if Cambridge Analytica hijacked Facebook and stole user data to help Donald Trump win the 2016 election. So let’s look at facts not agenda.

Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett’s holding company, now holds $116 billion in cash. Cash that is not invested in the markets. It begs the question, what does he know? Money managers are paid to invest

“You most be the dumbest person to have ever graduated Harvard” shouted the head trader. Bill, a trader, had given his opinion on a trade that was so far off base that Paul, the head trader, had lashed

I just finished the first season of Fargo and really enjoyed it.The story centers around an out-of-luck insurance salesman, Lester, who is forever being taken advantage of. The antagonist of the show is

“You were at the park? Wow! I haven’t been to the park in fifteen years.” To which I replied, “I haven’t stopped going for twenty.” My friend who made the comment has two kids, ages 16 and 18. He was obviously

In America, hopelessness reigns supreme. Over the past few years, this sad reality is evidenced by the explosion of social movements. The rise of Black Lives Matter, the taking a knee to the National Anthem,

We are living during an economic revolution wherein the “middleman” is being eliminated. In most cases this is good news. If you need a cab you now call Uber where both the driver and the passenger benefit.

There’s an old joke in the movie industry about the 1997 movie “Titanic” which was the highest grossing movie ever made. The joke goes something like this: “Titanic was the first movie in Hollywood to

The other day I was listening to the Bill Simmons podcast where he talked about an old skit on Saturday Night Live. It was about the Brady Bunch meeting the Partridge Family. He remarked how funny it was

Yesterday was a bad day. One of my worst. I heard news that devastated me. It was, quite literally, as if I had been punched in the stomach and couldn’t recover. But, as a parent, I had to carry on. It