Thousands of Cobras Enjoy Life Among the Villagers
I read a shiver-inducing feature today in the WSJ, it was about cobras who live in large numbers in the hot Bengali plains southwest of Calcutta. The snakes are revered by the Hindu faith, and no one except priests are allowed to touch them or harm them. One man said […]
Amusement is a Cocktail’s Real Line of Work
Oh what a trove of riches I was provided with this chilly morning in the WSJ. As Cindy and I watched the chickadees and cardinals feast on the feeder’s seeds, I read a wonderful piece by Eric Felten. His topic was ‘The Art of Drinking Well,’ and he describes the […]
The Sheik Finds a Way to Move Scrap to Market
It’s a brisk November morning and predictably, the cafe is quiet. Not dead, just quiet enough to give me a chance to sit in my favorite window seat, gaze out on the bright sun and deserted streets, and read the WSJ. I read a piece first about Iraq’s surfeit of […]
Arabs Have Not Done So and Thus Are To Blame
Jeff Robbins is a Boston lawyer who was a delegate to the UN Human Rights Commission during the Clinton Administration. He wrote a piece in the WSJ that was highlighted by the words, ‘but they did not do so’ and it made a strong case against the Arab world that […]
The Heads of Dell and HP Know that Energy Savings Mean Real Money
It never takes long to find something compelling in the WSJ. I read George Ander’s column and it hit a point I’ve been making for years: That the environment is becoming more of an economic than a social issue–and that is how we are going to truly solve this big […]
Driving In the Snow Is Fun in a 4×4 Truck
I got an early start today, joining Brad and Bo on their WHYN-am morning show offering my travel tips to their audience. I felt like I gave them some good advice…such as my old canard about bringing a surge suppressor to charge up electronic devices in foreign places. I pitched […]
Saying Goodbye to My Earliest Friend, Randy Miller
I’m sitting in the Orlando Airport Southwest terminal and thinking about Randy Miller. Randy passed away in June, and the last thing on this trip I had to do was to join his family and some of his friends at the lovely Veteran’s Memorial near the bridge over the Intercoastal […]