So… what’s it worth to have access to a hot dog-and-drink for $1.50, or a rotisserie chicken for $5.99? Shouldn’t you have a right to snag those low-budget provisions whether you have a membership card, or not? You may think that the big battles of the moment are in the political arena, but there’s a […]

Here’s a memory tickler for you. The lyrics are a gift from the Brothers Gibb – the Bee Gees – c. 1968: “You think that I don’t even mean a single word I say! It’s only words and words are all I have to take your heart away…” Only “words?” Now that the Olympics are

Whew. The 2024 Olympic Games are now finished, over, kaput. Are we ready to get back to business? The Olympic distractions are now past; the competition for headlines will now ratchet back-and-forth between the volatility of the markets and the veracity of the campaigns. Everyone will be trying to determine whether they can afford to

The patient is symptomatic; are they terminal, or can they recover? Sounds like another Covid-19 story, doesn’t it? Far from it, this is much more serious. Viruses come and go; pandemics are recurrent, and are part of life in a fallen world. This short treatise does not concern a malady that is treated in hospitals,

Don’t bother me right now; somebody’s about to win the gold.  Summertime productivity is always tough, but the quadrennial years are beyond reason: presidential mud-wrestling has demanded attention (the political campaign) and worldwide competition (the Olympics) make it hard to focus on anything else on today’s schedule. Over 10,500 athletes are in Paris right now,

First and foremost. The bottom line. Priority #1. Paramount. Preeminent. Primary. Lots of synonyms in play these days as we attempt to find the way to appropriately elevate the extraordinary from the field of competition clamoring for the Top Spot. We watch that happening with unrelenting intensity in our marketplace competition, the pursuit of cultural

The debate was “live” on June 27th but, in the nearly three weeks since, the highlights and lowlights have been replayed ad nauseum. Among the takeaways is a macro-understanding that is missing among too many. What should we all understand – about their stories, and about our own? Old guys can occasionally offer substantial wisdom,

Today is Day #190 of 2024; we only have 176 left to go. Before you think I’ve shifted into a hyper-philosophical mindset after a long holiday weekend, hear me out… The internet has turned us all into searchers; our lives are now shaped by summarizing. Come up with a few search terms, and you’ll have

What are you reading right now? Summer tends to expose the need to read. Visions of vacation often include the idyllic setting – on a beach, at a lake, at the base of a mountain – with a good book in-hand. The average American starts 12-14 books each year, completing 4-5 of them. A quarter

  In our generation – and, in our American society – money talks. If you’re willing to pay the tariff, most anything is possible. Super Bowl tickets? Done. Front row at a Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert? Put your AmEx card on the counter. How about entry to the CNN Studios in Atlanta – this