Multiple Reasonable Positions I was on a Zoom the other day when my new friend Meg described an all too familiar scenario – a cacophony of opinions: some diametrically in opposition, some fact-based, some laden with emotion, but all infused with conviction. Who and what to believe? Meg captured...

Two or three decades and a lifetime ago, a Hermosa Beach (Calif.) policeman pulled me over for suspicion of driving under the influence. I was the designated driver for my carload of dudes, and we were about midway through our mission to determine the best margarita in the South Bay. Honest, I had...

From a business operations standpoint, we are entering a new phase. Call it the COVID Reset.  The first phase, the initial response to the pandemic, has now become a two-headed challenge: a transition to the resumption of business in an uncertain environment and unclear timetable, while...

By my rough estimate, I sweated through some 720 shirts during a decade of summers while commuting daily on London’s Underground. Every July, at peak discomfort, the tabloids would report breathlessly that it was illegal to transport British livestock under the same conditions. It was an exposé...

Time for a Reset? I enjoy lamb shank as much as the next guy, I guess. However, that morning a few weeks ago when lamb shank was the only item on my local supermarket’s shelves, well, that was my personal moment. No chicken. No burgers, no pork chops, not even “a nice piece of fish.” Oh, and we’re...