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What They're Reading on College Campuses

Remember Professor Pottymouth? Now comes the bestseller rankings: #1 is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. No surprise there. And from Princeton is #6 Bullsh*t, by (tenured) Professor Harry G. Frankfurt*. These two academic...

Memorize Your Sales Pitch

John Roberts Judge Roberts is before the Senate giving his opening statement. He has no notes. No paper shuffling. He had his points memorized and his delivery easy and practiced. No downcast furtive glances...

Doing Business in the Values Vacuum

Originally Published for the Scripps Howard News Service THE Holiday Inn in Colorado Springs has the notice “Certified Breakfast Bar” proudly displayed above the juice and jelly. I understand certifying elevators, accountants and jet...

We Are All Soldiers Now

In war every soldier’s death is a public event.   The Falling Man credit: Richard Drew, AP Because of 9.11, we are all soldiers now. A Thank you note to Michelle Malkin on 9.11...

Pfizer and Hurricane Katrina

Jack Kemp was fond of the old phrase, “People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Pfizer is demonstrating real charity providing medications in the Katrina Aftermath. This...

What Pepsi is Doing Right

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. And here is where Pepsi’s Indra Nooyi gets something, somewhere right. Jeff Gordon, #24 ###

New Blog on the Block

My husband got tired of bugging me to write “the WalMart post.” Finally, when I said: “you know, you really ought to start a business blog and write it yourself. . .” He did....