A New Message of Hope

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—As the rich, the powerful and the merely brilliant gather here this week for the renowned Milken Global Conference, a surprising message of hope may emerge: That America’s best days are far from over, that a new revolution in technology is at hand—bigger and more sweeping and also more destructive than anything before […]

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So How am I Doin’?

Ten Rules for How to be Unemployed: http://bit.ly/1i2hdyE Ten More Rules: http://bit.ly/1neiIRF Hey guys.  Now in Week 11 of Unemployment, I have posted 20 rules to live by, thus far.  Here’s an update on how I have fared in following that first batch of 10 Rules for How to be Unemployed. Rule #1:  Stick to

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Aereo and The Supremes

At 11 o’clock this morning the nine Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are set to hear arguments in a case that could determine whether content remains king—or loses a cornerstone of  copyright protection, toppling an economic underpinning of the entire entertainment business. The case is American Broadcasting Cos. vs. Aereo Inc. 

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Passivity Begs Aggression

That rascally Russian Vladimir Putin–Pooty, as George W. had nicknamed him–is at it again.  He isn’t stopping in Crimea, it now is clear, as he sends masked thugs into police stations across eastern Ukraine.  Passivity by the U.S.–the only superpower left–invites aggression by a diminutive despot with a chip on his shoulder and something to

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The Mozilla Mob

Oh, please, give me a break—so now the litmus test on whether an executive supports gay marriage is a measure of whether he should be a CEO? “CEO Quits Under Fire For Stance On Gay Marriage,” the page-one headline declares in The Wall Street Journal this morning.  Just days after being named CEO of Mozilla,

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The Brigade: At it Again

The Outrage Brigade is at it again, this time drawing a target on—and missing the entire point of—the satire of Stephen Colbert of “The Colbert Report.” It’s now trending on Twitter: #CancelColbert.  Good Variety story on it this morning, here: http://bit.ly/1eXxMhG Oddly, it is a mere 140-character (max) tweet, rather than the Colbert TV bit that

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