I’m gonna lay down my keys and cards, down by the riverside Down by the riverside, down by the riverside I’m gonna lay down my keys and cards, down by the riverside And I aint’ gonna worry no more I’m gonna lay down my stocks and bonds, down by the…

He closed the app and set his tablet down, a bit worn out from the torrent of pages he had just sped through and he began wondering why the book made him hurry so, so much so that he found he needed to go back sometimes, as a passage would…

There are countless stories about the give and take of continuing, ending, or halving remote work opportunities. Supervisors want to keep an eye on their subordinates. Then there’s the loss of office camaraderie — as if colleagues who like each other can find ways to connect. The crying need for…

Countless stories will appear regarding the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II, although there may be a stray algorithm to discover the actual number. No matter. I have never much followed the travails and trials and glory, if there is any, of Britain’s Royal Family. The entire institution seems a…

After a career in advertising and marketing, I find my freelance clients drying up. I suppose that has something to do with my age, 70, in an ageist business and with my previous client base — a big swath of pharma, high tech, and a bit of B2B. …

For a guy firmly committed to the destruction of the Santa Claus myth, my old man had a thing for Christmas. It was the one day we could be pretty sure would be nothing but fun. Except for going to church, which was mostly boring. But at Christmas, it wasn’t…

Hello Donnie! Does anyone call you Donnie? Like Marie calls her brother Donnie? Anyway, I haven’t heard from you in a while, and your latest missive addressed me as “Friend” and not “John,’ the familiar appellation you used in the past. Kind of a letdown for me, who enjoyed first-name…

It has become a meme of sorts on the right — the power and intrusiveness and cultural imposition of those damn coastal elites — you know, those awful people who live on the East and West Coast: New Yorkers, DC Insiders, Hollywooders, Silicon Valley trash, San Franciscans, and people who…

The incredible advances of science and medicine of the last 100 years are having a hard time overcoming the sheer and willful abandoning of facts by countless misinformed souls across the planet. I’d like to think that this absurd abandonment might be held among those with little or no access…