Category: Essays

Musings of a deep generalist

Caricatures of the six ultra-conservative Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

Welcome to the (New) Era of American Lawlessness

The six conservative Justices do not have the sound judgment or the common sense to see that ruling against the will of the supermajority on so many aspects of American life will inevitably result in serious erosion of the Rule of Law.

Reagan White House

The Lies that Will Not Die

After twenty-five years of working intimately with wealthy families, private business owners, and public company executives, here’s what I know about the Lies the Will Not Die…

2021-09-27 Last Home Game as Indians

So Long, Tribe

This tidy simplification leaves unresolved the question of why Sockalexis’ “Indian” heritage was evoked as a nickname for the Cleveland Spiders—was it out of disdain for him, or in celebration of his remarkable skill as an outfielder and as a hitter, or a confounding mixture of attitudes and beliefs that were characteristic of the time?

Thomas Jefferson

T.J. the Anti-Originalist

Thomas Jefferson was a radical, extremist anti-originalist, who intended a living, breathing, evolving constitution.

9/11 Memorial and Museum anniversary ceremony in New York, NY on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.

Thoughts on the Twentieth Anniversary of 9/11

The challenge we face as a nation is fundamentally emotional. There will be no thinking our way out of this. We can try to engage in rational debate. We can pretend that articulating our “reasons” will persuade others to support our positions. But a good-faith exchange of views is not possible when “people like YOU are destroying MY America!” Compromise and working through areas of disagreement are obviously out of the question.

KDKA Radio Pittsburgh, Pioneer Broadcasting Station

100 Years of MLB Radio

August 5, 2021—Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first live broadcast of a major league baseball game over commercial radio.