This is a longer version of my op ed published in The Wall Street Journal on Oct. 17, 2022. Now comes the awkward part. Elon Musk says he is going through with his unsolicited takeover offer for Twitter, despite fighting in court to scuttle it. Twitter executives first rejected his bid, … [Read More...]
Fear and Loafing in the Lopsided Land of Covid
This is a longer version of a column published by Newsmax.com on Nov. 9, 2021. We live in a lopsided world gone Covid Crazy. Our country is so divided we … [Read More...]
A Dad’s Death, 50 Years Later
From DK: The Wall Street Journal on July 23rd, 2021 published my op ed on my father's sudden death and its aftermath. Below is a longer, more detailed version. My … [Read More...]
Learnings of a Ghostwriter
It has been a fascinating journey for me, migrating from my lifelong career as an ornery, contrarian journalist to my current role as ghostwriter, content creator, … [Read More...]
The Trump Century
Hello all, been too long a lapse since I have posted to my own website. Part of the delay owes to lockdown anxiety: preoccupied with finding work that actually … [Read More...]
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Yo Elon! How to Fix Twitter
This is a longer version of my op ed published in The Wall Street Journal on Oct. 17, 2022. Now comes the awkward part. Elon Musk says he is going through with his unsolicited takeover offer for Twitter, despite fighting in court to scuttle it. Twitter … [Read More...]
Fear and Loafing in the Lopsided Land of Covid
This is a longer version of a column published by Newsmax.com on Nov. 9, 2021. We live in a lopsided world gone Covid Crazy. Our country is so divided we can’t even agree on how fearful we should be of the virus that China gave us. In Florida the fear … [Read More...]
A Dad’s Death, 50 Years Later
From DK: The Wall Street Journal on July 23rd, 2021 published my op ed on my father's sudden death and its aftermath. Below is a longer, more detailed version. My 64th birthday came on July 24th. The same date marked the 50th anniversary of a personal tragedy. At … [Read More...]
GameStock! Hailing a New War on Short Sellers
A higher-stakes battle lurks beneath the GameStop kerfuffle and the “Rocky”-like victory of the little guy outsmarting savvy hedge fund billionaires on Wall Street. This could be the start of a war on short sellers. It’s about time. Capitalism is optimism … [Read More...]
You Can Dislike the Man and Still Vote for His Policies
A version of this article ran on newsmax.com, here: https://nws.mx/34p94qs With less than two weeks to go until the most important presidential election of our lifetime, it feels less like Trump vs. Biden and more like a vote on President Trump: for his policies, … [Read More...]
Election Year Deficit: Why I Miss Unity, Comity, and, Most of All, Kindness
This article is adapted from my column on Newsmax.com, here: https://nws.mx/30oee3A Last Sunday night, gleefully, I started watching the TLC reality show “90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?” and the culminating season finale known as the “Tell All.” The … [Read More...]