Come Heller high water... ABC's swift cancellation of "Roseanne" is good news on two fronts. It tells me companies have learned the lesson that they better be quick to take action when it comes to intolerance and racism or consumers and investors will make them pay. That in … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2018
Auchtoons: Hey, don’t use our own ideals against us!
Toon & text by John Auchter It may seem a little odd, but this started out as a Memorial Day cartoon. Late last year, a former neighbor passed away. He was in his mid-90s and a well-decorated World War II vet. He never talked about the medals and rarely about the … [Read more...]
Hell in a handbasket? Not so – the world is doing better than you think
There are several popular business/self-improvement books out there now (“Factfulness” and “Enlightenment Now”) that make the case that the world is objectively a much better place than it has ever been.The authors don’t base their position on flaccid, positive-thinking mumbo … [Read more...]
Surveyin’ da Situation: Now here’s something worth entering a contest for
By John Matonich I am not much of a contest participant, but I know many folks are. I don’t think I have ever sent an entry to the Publisher Clearing House or any of the other contests that are seen on TV or that come in the mail. Here locally, I believe there is always one … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the May 23rd edition
Come Heller high water … Politico this week reported that Trump uses an unencrypted cell phone because encrypted phones are “too inconvenient.” Apparently, it’s not considered much of a security risk, though, since he tweets out everything that comes into his fool head … [Read more...]
