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On the Hill, Not Over the Hill
I didn’t want to write about baseball again today. Enough already with the sports stuff, Lloyd. But Noah sent me an ESPN interview with Jamie Moyer, who will pitch [...]
Is Chrysler the Cubs of Cars?
Last Sunday 60 Minutes did a story on Chrysler’s great comeback since Sergio Marchionne of Fiat took the reins of the company in 2009. When Marchionne came on, Chrysler used [...]
Are you sure you want to be an entrepreneur?
What’s the business plan? What’s your revenue model? How do you get from point A to Point B? Can you scale this? These are the questions people used to ask [...]
Baseball Religion
This blog is about religion. No, not Rick Santorum. Nothing about Judaism or Islam. I’m talking about the Cub religion, which I’ve practiced since I was three. Chicago is a town [...]
How to NOT Get a Job
A friend of mine was trying to help an acquaintance of hers get a new job. She sent me her résumé for my suggestions, or better yet, to see if [...]
Industry Scuttlebutt
I received a fascinating phone call after the last blog on titanium wedding bands from a gentleman named Roger Turnley. Roger has spent many years in the jewelry game and [...]
Lord of the Titanium Rings
I was shooting the breeze with a fellow machine tool peddler and he threw out the comment that he had an inquiry from a Chassidic jeweler in Manhattan who was [...]
Coming Apart: The State of White America
David Brooks of the NY Times writes, “I’ll be shocked if there is another book this year as important as Charles Murray’s Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010. [...]
Memories On Your Refrigerator Door
Memories are elusive wisps of mental energy. I jumpstart mine with photos on my refrigerator and a ceiling length picture board, also in the kitchen. The photo that I have [...]
Grand Design or Benevolent Creator?
When did the universe begin? Why is there something rather than nothing? Why are the laws of nature so finely tuned? Is this “Grand Design” evidence of a Benevolent Creator? [...]