I like to believe I am really good at what I do. Perhaps, but I am also very lucky. Thanksgiving seems like the right moment to look back at all the ways fate dealt me a favorable hand. I was lucky to have been born to loving and intelligent parents. My father, raised in a…
There is nothing more rewarding than watching the people you love grow into the people they realize that they want to be. Happy Thanksgiving. Talk to you tomorrow.
One of my correspondents posted recently that, rather than living in fear, he was having 13 or more people to Thanksgiving at his house. Liberals and health professionals would have you believe that is risky. But just how risky? We all do risk calculations every day. If cars are speeding by on a busy street,…
This gig is pretty awesome. I can’t believe I get to do this. Imagine for a moment. People pay me to read what they wrote and tell the what’s wrong with it. They actually take my advice, and thank me for it. And then, after they change it, people read what they wrote and it…
As I look back on a long and fairly successful career, it’s become clear to me that the disasters, screwups, flops, and efforts that fell decisively short of the goal are the ones that I learned the most from. I started smart, but the flops were where I learned what mattered. On Thanksgiving, I’d like…