Last week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule designed to prohibit online marketing shenanigans such as using fake reviews, suppressing honest negative reviews, and paying for positive reviews. If enacted, the FTC would prohibit businesses...
I was on a real estate hunt a few years ago and visited too many residential properties that must have been occupied by the worst slobs in North America. One home had a kitchen that was the domicile for a small army of ants. Another had a significant water stain on...
I did a Google News search with the terms “Gen Z” and “soft skills” and came up with nearly 1,500 news stories that left me rather depressed. The problem with my search results was discovering a surplus amount of news coverage that portrayed Gen Z as inarticulate and...
Last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams filed a lawsuit against 30 counties in upstate New York for refusing to accept illegal immigrants currently housed across the Big Apple. “Since this crisis began, New York City has — virtually on its own — stepped up to...
I was on YouTube the other day and came upon a 1959 interview where Mike Wallace introduced Ayn Rand to the American television audience. During the interview, Rand declared, “I am for an absolute, laissez-faire, free, unregulated economy. Let me put it briefly: I’m...
Gary Vaynerchuk, the irrepressible entrepreneur and media personality who is known by the nickname Gary Vee, once opined, “Company culture is the backbone of any successful organization.” I find that view to be interesting because I was once affiliated with a media...
