I’ve never been able to abide individuals who, when you are talking to them one-on-one, appear so unbelievably committed. Indeed, they are actually passionate about what they are saying and, on a one-on-one basis, they exude the highest level of credibility and reliability. And then, you leave the meeting, encounter, Starbuck’s coffee, or otherwise, with the [...]

I was just exposed to what I believe to be the stupidest automated voice recognition system (AVRS) that just about any major corporation has ever installed in all of human history. It comes from Aetna Insurance, and it was so absolutely Kafkaesque, I couldn’t let it pass the opportunity for a blog. Before I walk you through the [...]

When I sit out here tonight, I’m reminded of the hitchhiking trip Dave Strobel and I took from Notre Dame to New Orleans for our spring break 1970. It was a long time ago, of course. And yet, as I sit on the dock and feel the air tonight, I feel the exact same sensation. [...]

Was it a Woody Allen movie in some prior incarnation?  It must have been decades ago, but it is imprinted to this day.  I don’t remember the name of it, or the actors (although Martin Landau comes to mind…).  But I was never the same from that point on. The eyes of God see all because the [...]

Definition of God as the set of all sets; namely infinity.

You know, the greatest pain for me…was the loss of associates…many of whom had been with me for a decade or more.  We had the opportunity, at a prior time, to shut down the entire Orlando seminar operation and to operate the very profitable WizeTrade division we had built exclusively out of Dallas. We could have maintained [...]

Trade, travel, tourism, and technology have globalized the economies of the world.  So, our economy is global but our politics are national, which means that they are clearly mismatched.  Not a great revelation, but one worth noting!

I’ve never been in the military. My Dad was. He was Air Force. He fought in World War II . . . in Italy. He took his discharge after the war, spent two years in civilian life, and went back into the military with my mom, the first Italian war bride. He spent the next 20 [...]

As I was pouring over the various news clips this morning about Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, and so forth, a thought occurred to me. Monotheism took over in Israel when Josiah, the King of 7th Century B.C. Israel, stamped out worship of any other god except Yahweh.  That, by the way, was by force–total force. [...]

So my 6th grader and I were taking a bath together a few nights ago and he asked me to help him on a project. “Dad, if you had to boil down to two reasons why Rome fell when they were at the height of power, what would you say?” I was freshly off of reading the news [...]