A Healthcare Exec’s NYC Murder Doesn’t Require A “Local Angle”
In the media , “L.A.” doesn’t only stand for Los Angeles—or even, without the periods, as the postal abbreviation for Louisiana. It also means “local angle.”
Read MoreOmens, Portents and Auguries: What Next?
“In India,” I’m being told, “if a group of people is talking about you and you suddenly show up, it means you will have a long life.” The
Read MoreQuibbles & Bits: Once-a-Day Eating, Presidential Dreaming
THE HUNGER GAPES—”OMAD” stands for One Meal A Day, a dietary practice whose devotees include the impressively lean and muscled singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen.
Read MorePresenting the “Undies” (Awards for Jobs Under Suspicion)
People in jobs whose value might be called “under suspicion”—the jobs, not the people—are rightly concerned they’re about to be replaced either by faceless Artificial Intelligence or by robots wearing leisure suits or culottes, depending on AG (artificial gender).
Read MoreBegging Your Pardon: A Hunter-Gatherer Column
It’s clear that those professing shock, indignation and dyspepsia—over Joe Biden’s presidential pardon of his son Hunter—have never been the leader of the free world.
Read MoreHoliday Special! Your Guide To Tv-Movies
It’s that magical time of the year once again when some of the worst imaginable TV movies are beamed, streamed and dreamed into your den, laptop, Apple Watch or indigestion-provoked nightmares.
Read MoreHow Suite It Isn’t: Watching Sports in an Arena Aerie
I had a company as a client for several years that bought a suite every year at my town’s NBA stadium.
Read MoreMcDonald’s Sales Portend an Unhappy Thanksgiving Meal for its CEO
With Thanksgiving scheduled for tomorrow—yes, it comes out on Thursday again this year, can you believe it?
Read MoreAre We on the Brink of Losing False Modesty?
Of all the personal qualities we’ve lost along the way, false modesty may be the least lamented but most useful.
Read MoreMy Next Career Change: Fulltime Media Gasbag
After years of watching panels of “experts” debating the news on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, CBS, PBS and even the fair and balanced FOX News,
Read MoreSpending Billions for Soap Dispensers: Only the Tip of the Iceberg
A new Goldman State Podcast drops every Friday! A Healthcare Exec’s NYC Murder Doesn’t...
Read MoreA Handy Guide for Spammers
Everyone receives spam on their phones and computers and they’re usually pretty easy to recognize.
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