America Pass: A Smarter Way to Rethink Tariffs, Trade, and Global Leverage
“Free trade is a good thing, when it’s fair. Unfair trade cheaters must pay a…
America Pass: A Smarter Way to Rethink Tariffs, Trade, and Global Leverage
“Free trade is a good thing, when it’s fair. Unfair trade cheaters must pay a price.” -Peter Navarro What if we stopped pretending that global trade was some…
Thirty-Four Minutes on a Dating Site Was All It Took to Break My Heart
I’m just a typical guy. I’m 63, single, no kids, straight, and I’ve always loved women. I have been cheated on and lied to, just like everyone has. I try to treat people kindly, with respect. I’ve never cheated, never lied to someone I was with, and at this stage in life, I’m not chasing…
Trump Said Something at the G7 That Liberals Shouldn’t Ignore, And I’m a JFK Democrat Saying That
Trump Said Something at the G7 That Liberals Shouldn’t Ignore, And I’m a JFK Democrat Saying That Let me start with this: I’m a JFK Democrat. That used to mean something. It meant you believed in a strong America, a free press, civil liberties, fiscal sanity, and diplomacy backed by strength. It meant you could…
Sometimes, it takes war to achieve Peace.
“You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” -Winston Churchill Let me say the thing the world doesn’t want to admit, but desperately needs to hear: Sometimes it takes war to have peace. That may offend the comfort of Western…
The Shape of the Movie Industry: What the Next 500 Films Tell Us About Where Cinema Is Headed
There is no single breaking point. No seismic event. No memo from the mountaintop. But if you’ve been watching long enough, and from the right vantage, you start to see the change. Not as disruption, not as collapse, but as a series of quiet recalibrations that, together, amount to a full reordering of the film…
The Rain Didn’t Stop. Neither Did the Pressure on Farmers.
I just finished watching Clarkson’s Farm Season 4, and wow, it made me think. Congratulations to the entire crew. Well done, all. It’s easy to be entertained by Jeremy Clarkson as he barrels across muddy fields or argues with Caleb about cows and piglets. But this season, something changed. The weather turned. The laughter slowed….
The 15 Dividing Lines Between Startups That Succeed and Those That Don’t
Ideas Build the World, But Strategy Builds the Company The world runs on ideas. All of them matter. But transforming a good idea into a winning business strategy takes relentless hard work, not just inspiration. Anyone who starts a business, as I did many years ago, and sticks with it for decades, has my respect….
Billions Lost, Stories Stolen
Paris, May 12, 2025 If you’ve known me for any length of time, you’ve probably heard some of my travel stories. I’ve been to more countries than currently exist on the world map. Since I first left the United States in 1979, I’ve visited 191 countries, including some that no longer exist and others that…
Let the Market Tell the Story
Act I: The Camera Pulls Back Hollywood is at a crossroads. It is not the kind you write in a script, with a hero staring into the sunset and wondering which road to take. No, this is a real one. A financial one. An existential one. Studios are laying people off. Writers are scrambling to…
Single-Use Apps: One-Night Stands
Single-Use Apps Are the One-Night Stands of My Digital Life At this point, my phone is not a streamlined productivity tool. It is a graveyard of good intentions. A resting place for hundreds of apps I have used exactly once. Maybe twice if the stars aligned. Single-use apps are basically the one-night stands of the…
