I present to you, my propositions about the craft beer industries ca. 2018… Beer has probably never been better now than in all of beer history America is a leader in beer innovation As an industry, all things craft brew are a vital business interest Having said that, here are some caveats: Really good craft […]
The NYT Vs. Reporting
On Thursday June 28, 2018, Jared Ramos went into an Annapolis MD newspaper office and blew away 5 people. On Sunday July 1, 2018, in the New York Times Morning Briefing, (an email quick news service for those of us that would never spend a dime on the full New York Times), Joumana Kkatib and […]
Opinions 6/29/18
I wrote a piece on the immigrant child crisis but the news cycle moves so fast that the story is almost entirely lost a few weeks after it was hyped. I don’t favor separation of parents from children but I’m stunned how thoroughly the issue was politicized and the degree to which prior policy and […]
The Great Escape
Suicide can hardly be more high profile than it is this week. Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade, gone. Overall stats are all up considerably. It seems suicide is more than just a persistent pathology among troubled individuals and is starting to feel like a social movement. On the one hand, I cannot judge anyone’s ultimate decision, […]
TIR 5/18/18: ‘Google’s Selfish Ledger Is An Unsettling Vision of Silicone Valley Social Engineering’ or Google’s Total Solution
Google’s Selfish Ledger Is An Unsettling Vision of Silicone Valley Social Engineering Web Publication: The Verge, by Vlad Savov Or – Google’s Total Solution A video produced by Google a couple years ago called ‘The Selfish Ledger’ is now getting some air play. The video, some excellent commentary, and some good comments can all be […]
TIR 4/7/18: ‘Don’t Fix Facebook. Replace It.’
Don’t Fix Facebook. Replace It. Web Publication: New York Times, by Tim Wu Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia University, has done a good job of looking into the heart of Facebook and declared it rotten to the core. I don’t disagree. While Facebook proclaims the lofty goal of connecting the world, a feeling I […]