Archive for the ‘Current events’ Category

Thinking about the Abundance Agenda at 185 mph

I am fortunate to be in Europe for a couple of weeks. It’s always striking to see the quality of public infrastructure here. The Paris Metro is a marvel—beautiful, fast, and extensive. (Why the Metro operates so much better than the NYC Subway, given its smaller operating budget, is a story for another time.) This […]

Let’s call it what it is—bribery

As is often the case with President Trump, the corruption is out in the open. As a lawyer, it sickens me that the president continues to get away with this. Are people okay with this? CEO Makes Shocking Admission About Why He’s Buying Trump’s Meme Coin (Yahoo! News) A crypto mogul who invested millions into […]

Ken’s opinion pieces published in the Chicago Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer

I noted this in my longer blog post this evening, but to post quickly here: two opinion pieces I wrote have now been published: one in the Chicago Tribune and the other, co-written with my wife, in the Philadelphia Inquirer. (These pieces may be paywalled, but I will post PDFs here in the coming days.) I hope you […]

Times that try men’s souls

President Trump and a captive and docile Republican Party are pursuing authoritarian power. Everyone must step up to defend our country.

Honoring the sacrifices of D-Day veterans

Today – June 6, 2024 – is the 80th anniversary of D-Day – the Allied landing in Europe to liberate the continent from Hitler and Nazism. Every June 6, I pause to think about those who fought and the many who died on the beaches of Normandy and during the campaign that followed, and I always experience […]

Everyone (in and out of tech) should be listening to Kara Swisher

There’s so much great content being created today. It’s virtually impossible to keep up with the high quality “television” shows being broadcast and streamed. (Still, do yourself a favor and watch Orange is the New Black and Chernobyl at minimum.) It’s pretty much the same with podcasts. Fortunately, I have a reasonable amount of commuting, […]

Can WeWork survive? Should it?

It’s striking to me how the media hypes certain companies to ridiculous heights with fawning, uncritical coverage, only to join in the feeding frenzy of negativity when the same companies inevitably encounter problems. In that respect, I suppose, the media plays a central role in the tech-era bubbles that we’ve lived through over the past […]