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, and crisis advisor. Having endured and learned along the way, I now realize: you gotta celebrate the wins when you can. This week one triumph of my transformation showed […]
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 pays. ;-> And now this: The venerable television anchor Lou Dobbs, in his new book published this week, “The Trump Century,” makes the passionate yet fact-packed […]
Pricey Seats and Cheap Shots
In my many years in New York, taking in a few dozen plays on Broadway, I recently witnessed the most gripping, emotionally rewarding performance of my entire life. Too bad it ended with an anti-Trump cheap shot. Or was it? Broadway, ever shameless in its proclivity for retreading old fare, is staging a […]
How to Watch TV in a Crash
When stocks crash, everyone turns to CNBC, Fox Business et al to watch the carnage and the commentary. Here’s my advice as an anchor with a front-row seat for the last market crash: Don’t Panic. That is what I said in an op ed published this week in The Wall Street Journal. Even in these days […]
Radio Nation
Here’s a link to my interview with the Financial Exchange Radio Network on my WSJ op ed with advice for the opioid drug industry now under siege by tort lawyers… https://www.spreaker.com/user/10111332/dennis-kneale-wsj-contributor-opioids
This Just In
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Assault on Opioids
It has been twenty years since I left The Wall Street Journal, and still I revere the paper and, in particular, its erudite and provocative editorials and op ed pages. That’s twenty years since I snagged a byline in The Journal byline–until just now. Here’s my op ed from Thursday, January 4, 2018, on the Next Big Tort and […]
My Bitcoin Bender
Second of two parts. Got Dramamine? I could use some in the two weeks since jumping onboard the Bitcoin Bandwagon. By downloading the Coinbase app on your smartphone, you can begin trading bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in maybe 15 minutes. And so I did. Suddenly, without so much as an on-screen disclaimer or warning of […]
The Bitcoin Bandwagon
First of two parts. Ain’t it grand? Stocks have surged up almost 30% in the full year since Donald Trump stunned even himself by winning the presidential election. GDP growth, mired below 2% growth for ten years, suddenly is at 3%-plus for two quarters in a row—and the New York Fed now forecasts growth of […]
Fired in Your 50s
Hi guys, with help from a talented filmmaker friend, I have broken down my recent speech at Carnegie Hall into bite-sized soundbites for faster skimming… in case you find any worthy nuggets of wisdom or humor herein. Thanks! Part 1: Caught up in a Daunting Demographic Dilemma Part 2: So you got laid off . […]