My friend thinks personality tests are hooey, and he’s often right. This one hit pretty close to home, though. So a couple weeks ago back I put in online apps for a […]
Does the Culture Index accurately describe me? You make the call.
Money for nothing? Concert tix ain’t what they used to be…you know, free….
“We haven’t had that spirit here since 1969…” – Don Henley, Glen Frey, Don Felder, “Hotel California” “It’s is a free concert from now on…” – John Morris, announcer, Woodstock, 1969 Let […]
STEP RIGHT UP! It’s Dr. Cho’s Magical UnSplash Elixir!
You give it to us. We make money it on it. I think the word you’re looking for is “pimp.” The medicine show is back in town. Meet Mikael Cho, entrepreneur, and […]
Gwyneth Paltrow inspired me to become a doctor
Now meet the nurse who can’t wear gloves It’s been a while since I’ve done anything especially Frank-goofy. I miss pulling weird stunts, like the Tell Me About It sign at Dupont […]
Is coal really dead? Well, yes.
When the railroad industry decides that coal is dead, it probably is. For all their imperfections, markets generally do know how to price a pretty broad spectrum of goods and services (nature […]
Gannett adopts the blue dot, emblematic of market-driven thinking, at its newspapers
Oh, my. Look at the dot. It’s blue. It’s representative of “one unified network,” says the chief marketing officer of Gannett, owner of the USA Today Network. The blue dot — and […]
Happy 4th of July: what does “freedom” mean to you?
America is a great idea, but it’s hard to love these days. At some point tonight millions and millions of us will find ourselves sitting in a stadium or a park or […]
One of the world’s largest football clubs has been assimilated by Nike
The new Chelsea kits are disappointing, as predicted. But the Nike marketing and branding coup is the real story. Not long back I offered up some thoughts on the forthcoming dark years, […]
How many dead people is too many?
If we were talking about a policy that would kill thousands more Christians each year, it would be persecution Apparently it is now uncivil and alarmist to point at the gorilla in […]
The Republicans’ ‘trolley problem’
by djerrid The “trolley problem” is a classic philosophical moral dilemma. The thought experiment is as such: A runaway trolley is speeding down the rails where it will hit a group of […]
