By Martin Bosworth I know I’m crazy with the posting today, but I wanted to mention another resignation that will be much less heralded, and much more lamented: Economist and uber-progressive blogger […]
When giants walked the earth…the end of “the age of rock stars…” a personal view…
I think maybe this starts at a Who concert in 1976: I went to the concert with two musician friends of mine and some women who, for reasons obvious to me at […]
VerseDay: Less Human Than Human
Detachment. Disassociation. Ennui. Call it what you want, but Generation X has been steeped in a post-Boomer loss of identity that has lingered for so long now that it’s being unceremoniously shoved […]
Happy Birthday, Hunter…
[UPDATE] Hunter’s widow, Anita, has a nice post on Hunter’s birthday at Owl Farm Blog. ———– You may have noticed that Hunter Thompson is back on the masthead. Today would have been […]
2nd most overrated rock star still dead…should we care why…?
People fear death even more than pain. It’s strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess […]
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 […]
Is Barack Obama too likable to be President?
By Martin Bosworth MyDD’s Todd Beeton explored this question in the wake of Obama’s response to the Libby commutation as an example of the “old politics” he wants to dispense with, and […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. – our newest Scholar Rogue
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Our newest scholar/rogue is Dr. […]
Daddy don’t go…the sad sagas of Sean and Julian Lennon
The Associated Press reports today that Sean and Julian Lennon, half-brothers and sons of Beatle John Lennon, have reconciled after an 8 year estrangement. Like you care. But maybe you should. The […]
Addressing the “praise deficit”: young workers putting a strain on organizations and organizations are responding inappropriately
I wrote a couple weeks ago over at Black Dog how companies across the US are flying headlong toward a massive macro-succession pile-up, and the collective personality of the Millennial Generation (born […]