Apr 13, 2024
Iran vs Israel and Trump
It is amazing and a great lesson in marketing that if one is prepared to outright lie it is a great advantage and nearly impossible to counter. In…
Music, power, politics, and the stories behind the stories.
Editorial Collection
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Success, failure, reinvention, and the education hidden inside an expensive mistake.
The title of my 2021 memoir describes the pattern better than any victory lap could. Wishbone Ash led to a growing business; Startrucking ’75 helped destroy it; punk created the route back; The Police opened the door to I.R.S.; and each new success contained the next problem to solve.
This section is about instinct, risk, collapse, recovery, dealmaking, reinvention, and why a career is rarely a straight line unless someone has edited out the useful parts.
Entries
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Apr 13, 2024
Surprise!
Israelis must be scratching their heads in disbelief these days. Most governments and Westerners generally have been too afraid to criticize Israeli…
Apr 12, 2024
Inconvenient truths and learning from history.
The US Constitution was written before the realities of today were known. Checks and balances is a great idea BUT there are no checks and balances…
Feb 20, 2023
How soon we forget
This evening I had the misfortune of flipping across my TV channels and came across an interview between Tulsi Gabbard and Tucker Carlson on FOX…
Dec 22, 2022
FOX
I have never been a fan of Tucker Carlson. Never trusted his practiced sincerity. He tells lies so well with a straight face that one can see why he…
Apr 19, 2022
From Democracy to Totalitarianism
The "progress" of Putin from his appointment by Yeltsin, Bush peering into his soul, the Russians singing his praises like a pop star to ever more…
Apr 19, 2022
What might have been
If Putin had managed to conquer Ukraine in a few days as he seems to have intended, he might have gotten away with it. A quick fait accompli as…
Mar 13, 2022
Off Ramp
It is disturbing to still hear ideas of an off ramp for Putin. How does one give an off ramp to a war criminal? The only off ramp is for a new leader…
Mar 12, 2022
Leaders
Republican talking points are stating that the Polls show that Biden is not perceived to be doing well on anything THEREFORE he should change course…
Mar 10, 2022
Realities and off ramps
There is so much talk on every side about what to do amid horrible scenes we witness on TV. Some use the war as an excuse to criticize opponents…
Mar 9, 2022
Thinking
One thing about the Ukraine War is it makes us think about ideas we have accepted as fact in the past. For instance, why does anyone believe that…
Mar 7, 2022
Lessons of army design
The NATO forces, the Ukrainian army as well as the Russian army have been designed for defensive purposes. There is a big difference between design…
Mar 6, 2022
More know your history
From the 1100s, to the 1800s the main political dividing line in Europe was between England and France. By the end of the 1800s that dividing line…
Mar 5, 2022
Know your history
For many years of the past 50 years the world was divided neatly between two opposing points of view. A binary world in other words.More recently we…
Mar 4, 2022
Miscalculations
All through history major leaders have made serious miscalculations. It is easy to do. Give a leader a few successes and people around him will be…
Mar 3, 2022
Lessons of history
There is not much good one can attach to the war in Ukraine but it does expose me to people with views that try to validate some of what Putin is…
Mar 3, 2022
Confused Logic
Someone should tell Sean Hannity that the US has NOT purchased any Russian gas/oil for the last two weeks. Russian oil accounts for 3% of annual US…
Mar 2, 2022
Leadership
I always wonder what people mean when they criticize a leader for "leading from behind". Leadership can be complicated and there is no one way to…
Mar 2, 2022
Stupid Wars
The USA has had its share of stupid wars. Iraq was a war of choice that did not need to be fought. It was a war sold to the American people under…
Mar 1, 2022
Be careful what you wish for
The US is a market oriented economy where the Government can interfere to a limited degree. That has its advantages and its disadvantages. There are…
Mar 1, 2022
Amnesia
It's time for news, not for political pot shots from people with amnesia and a political agenda. It's interesting to see how things said just…
Feb 28, 2022
Facing up to reality
One of the unfortunate realities of the human being is we are loath to deal with a problem until it is unescapable, or worse a real disaster. We will…
Feb 27, 2022
Mistakes of the Past - Miscalculations of the President
For centuries smart and talented people have made fatal mistakes, miscalculations and ended up on the wrong side of history. Queen Elizabeth II's…
Feb 27, 2022
There is no off ramp
Putin has made such a commitment to the invasion of Ukraine and made statements with regard to NATO and the Ukrainian leadership as well that there…