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 monetized—we invest because we believe great things can happen. Short sellers are the destroyers […]
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, 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 […]
A Face Made for Radio
http://bit.ly/1pB9JMG This ink-stained wretch turned pixel pundit is branching out: Just did three hours on Glenn Beck’s online radio network, theblaze.com. Click on the link above and you’ll see a “play” button at top-right of screen; you can listen to all or any part of it. Main topic: Obama Bad. Capitalism Good. Joking, but […]
ZeroHedge Comments on How to be Jobless
We read ZeroHedge so you don’t have to! Now and then, you get some funny exchanges, albeit ever so rarely. Profanity alert. Goatboy Rule #11: Kill yourself! World will be so much better without another neurotic, super-ambitious, job-obsessed careerist. Kaiser Sousa i cant stand that bitch made mother fucking banker/wall st. presstitute… Hey Dennis, […]