A Tale of a Whale with Rap Sheet A Mile Long
The criminal record of the killer whale named Tilikum, star of SeaWorld, and recently accused of yet another murder of a trainer is long and checkered. Mike Esterl wrote about the park’s dilemma in today’s WSJ. This is one mean killer whale, now with two murders and one suspicious death […]
If You Create Jobs, We’ll Give You a Visa!
One way to solve the jobs problem would be to let people come to the US who can create them. A loosening up of rules to allow more entrepreneur/immigrants to come and settle in the US has been talked about in the Senate and today in the WSJ. Senators John Kerry and […]
Loading Up the Car with Bricks at Re-Store
It’s almost a spring day in South Deerfield, where the sun is making people smile more than they usually do this time of year. A woman emerged from the pizza place wearing tiny shorts and a tee shirt. Inspiring! Where I’m going tonight will inevitably be chronicled more than it needs […]
Behavioral Targeting is The Way Out of the Blahs
An unexplained angst captured me mid-morning, I tried hard but was not clearly able to identify its source. Funny how sometimes dread can creep up and you don’t even know why. I do have a trip coming up in a week, and the regular routine is to worry about what […]
Volunteer Vacations: Next Time, Ask them What they Really Want
I read a thoughtful piece by Jeffrey Zaslow in yesterday’s WSJ headlined “When Good Deeds Turn Bad,” which chronicled some examples of people who tried to do good but didn’t actually help anyone. In a Peruvian village, an aid group brought in Americans and Europeans who wanted to spend time […]
We Surf the Internet, We Swim in Magazines, Say New Ads
Last month I got into a dust-up with Tom Vannah, the editor of the Valley Advocate, after I wrote a letter to the editor complaining about the inserts that fall out of their paper each week. He replied to my letter angrily, suggesting that I, as a web publisher, didn’t […]
The Hurt Locker: Powerful Madness in Iraq
A film about bomb defusers in Iraq would at first glance appear to be an action film; indeed, a trailer for another Iraq movie called Brothers at War was just that…exploding Humvees and violent action. But last night’s cinematic triumph, The Hurt Locker, was more about how people relate to […]
Use Gas as the Entree, not the Appetizer
Here’s a news blast from T. Boone Pickens, who I met and interviewed a few months ago. He agitates for a total change in how we use energy, and I agree it’s a cause worth fighting for. “The Washington Post - one of the most influential newspapers in the United […]