Plan Good Things

July 28, 2014 I’m seldom – if ever – enviable, but today takes the cake. Today and tomorrow, I’m in a crucial lockdown-mode, in an undisclosed, secure location. My task: plan 2015. Over 100 weekdays – avoiding local school breaks – I’ll be leading sessions for The Master’s Program. Board meetings and special events for …

Maximum RPMs

July 21, 2014 Malaysian Airlines Flight 17: did the Russians do it? Boko Haram: what’s happening with the girls they kidnapped in Nigeria? Lois Lerner: will anyone find a way to reconstruct her e-mails? Gaza: will the ground offensive become an all-out war, drawing outside participants? Health Insurance: will my policy cost go up 25% …

A Returning King

July 14, 2014 “The King Has Returned!” The sentiment was sincere, on the placard held over the head of a celebrating fan in Cleveland, to the news that LeBron James was “coming home,” to the Cavaliers. The photo ran on Section 1/page 1 of the Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition, so the neighborhood buzz received …

A Reminder of Freedom

July 7, 2014 America is cleaning-up from Friday’s fireworks; despite the horror of the daily headlines, people around the world still long to join us in “the Land of the Free, and the Home of the Brave…” Conflict continues over the price paid to bring Bowe Bergdahl home from Taliban captivity (five of their top-guys …