Dr. ESP We are the shadows and the smoke, we rise. We are the ghosts that hide in the night. ~Barney Ross Just in case the name “Barney Ross” doesn’t ring a bell, he was the commander of a team of retired mercenaries hired to take down a South American dictator in the 2010 action film The Expendables. I … Read more
One of my favorite Craig Ferguson bits was the the theme of his 2011 comedy tour. Explaining what he had learned from his two failed marriages, Ferguson sums it up as follows. Does this need to be said? Does this need to be said by ME? Does this need to be said by me … Read more
The late Ben Bradlee has recently become a posthumous rock star. He is the subject of a new HBO documentary. And he is portrayed by Tom Hanks in The Post, a movie about the decision to print the Pentagon Papers which exposed the lies being told to the American people about the Vietnam War effort. Dear … Read more
It has been nearly a half-century since the publication of Lawrence J. Peter’s (1919-1990) management opus The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong. The main thesis of the best-selling book, according to Wikipedia, is: …the selection of a candidate for a position is based on the candidate’s performance in their current role, rather than on abilities … Read more
Though the phrase means many different things to various constituencies, in principle, everyone agrees we should all “play by the rules.” Sometimes those rules are grounded in official public documents such as legislation, regulations or state and local ordinances which have gone through established procedures before being adopted. However, “the rules” are sometimes mere … Read more