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...
There is an old and gruesome saying that death comes in threes. Last week, the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) announced the death of two of its major real estate projects – and that leaves the morbid-minded speculating over which project will complete the rest-in-peace...
I am sure you remember the old cliché about what should never be done by stone-throwing people who live glass houses. However, the folks running the ProPublica news site apparently forgot that cliché. Last week, the site published a flurry of articles about...
I was overcome with great shock and sorrow last week upon learning that Nordstrom will be closing its glorious store at the Westfield San Francisco Centre in August. I am not one who obsesses with retail therapy, but this is my favorite American department store and I...
Every now and then, some well-intentioned politician, bureaucrat or housing industry leader looks at the U.S. homeownership rate and declares that something must be done to increase the number of people who own their residence – particularly those within historically...
Illinois Gov. Pritzker: Don’t Blame Me for High Property Taxes
