Major music festivals do make a difference. To the careers of self-indulgent pop stars and fading ex-rockers. It makes the former look a little less like selfish gits and the latter get […]
Live Earth will end climate change the way Live Aid ended poverty in Africa … er
The Forgotten Beatle
Dick Cavett: Who’s the greatest drummer in rock? Ringo: Me. Dick Cavett: Why’s that, Ringo? Ringo: Because I’m in the greatest band. Today, 7/07/07, is special for something much more important than […]
Scooter, voting, and fairness in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
By Robert Silvey Because I like to think well of my countrymen, I prefer to believe that George Bush got into the White House by fooling them about his real intentions. If […]
How the macro-succession crisis is going to hit the entrepreneurial sector
I’ve written recently about some generational issues facing companies – most notably the “macro-succession crisis” that I suspect very few corporations have even thought about in meaningful detail. In that post I […]
Taking Out the Trash, 7.7.07: Of gladiators and porn stars…
Welcome to the first installment of Taking Out the Trash, a new feature where I pander to the lowest common denominator and wallow shamelessly in the seething much that is our popular […]
People, Planet and Profits: the complexities of corporate governance
“Wits University, in Johannesburg, invited student representation onto the University Board. Meetings that used to take four hours now take two days,” says Judge Mervyn King, Chair of the Global Reporting Initiative […]
Nota Bene #3
Daniel Robert Epstein, the hardest working man in the interview business, talks with Billy Connolly … If you want to sample the vibrant Denver music scene, check out Westword’s audio clip smorgasbord […]
This land is our land…
Watch the kids. Do like they do. Act like they act. Yell like they yell. Dance the ways you see them dance. Sing like they sing. Work and rest the way the […]
Boxer cites global warming challenge, praises Live Earth
By Robert Silvey California Senator Barbara Boxer called global warming “the challenge of our generation.” On a conference call today with Jerome Ringo of the Apollo Alliance and Eli Pariser of MoveOn.org […]
Recent statements from morons
I understand the embarrassment that it caused the party. I will work diligently to make sure that these things don’t happen again. — John Irish, chair of the Lucas County (Ohio) Democratic […]
