My Digital Valentine

My Digital Valentine

With Valentine’s Day bearing down on us, the online-dating sites are ramping up their attacks, particularly on television.

It’s About the Fight

It’s About the Fight

Seth Godin published a recent post that said this, in part: There are plenty of people who will pander, race to the bottom, and figure out how to, “give the public what it wants.” But that doesn’t have to be you. Professionals have standards....
The Greatest

The Greatest

Sometimes, we measure our gains by taking the measure of our losses. In the span of two-and-a-half years, three hugely influential men have passed from my life — my father, B.B. King, and now Muhammad Ali. There was a point at which I couldn’t imagine my life...
What’s Love Got To Do With It?

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

If you read my ramblings with any regularity, you know I don’t believe in accidents: Everything that’s supposed to happen does happen. Everything that’s supposed to happen happens in its own time. And everything that happens happens for a reason....
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Both

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Both

I visited New York City this past weekend, stopping at Ground Zero before taking the ferries to Liberty Island and Ellis Island. The experience reminded me of things I was in danger of forgetting. Here’s what I learned (again): The Freedom Tower at Ground Zero...