The first to present his case seems right, until another comes forward and questions him. — Proverbs 18:16 — It happens on Wall Street. It happens in Washington. And it happens in board rooms across the country. What we’re talking about is the misreading and misuse of data. This article is directed toward online marketing decisions based on analytics. It’s self-evident that without accurate facts, you’re usually not going…

Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past. — Geo. Orwell, 1984 — When future historians write about the 20th Century, it would not surprise me to find it had been nicknamed The Century of Spin. …

Two views on the pursuit of happiness. I am proposing that what the Founding Fathers meant when they wrote “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” is totally at odds with what it has come to mean today. To elaborate on how this came about is not my aim here…

“We are not a team because we work together. We are a team because we respect, trust and care for each other.” — Vala Alshar — For years I have referenced data from the Gallup organization for insights on various topics. What I like about Gallup Polls is that they stake a claim on getting the most diverse viewpoints from the broadest field of data. …

Our leaders should be judged by their actions, not intentions. — If you’re a Baby Boomer, you’ve been told all your life to be proud of your country. And yet, when I look at our track record, it hardly aligns with the values we claim we believe and desire to promulgate. My career in advertising, marketing and PR has taught me…

I was lucky I didn’t win a Darwin Award — The event took place in the evening of a lovely summer day. Mr. McAvoy was driving a carload of boys home from a Little League game in his gold convertible with the top down. This was the 60’s and no one had seatbelts. Some of us were seated across the…

On this day in music history, Quincy Jones was born. — “Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.” ~Quincy Jones In 1980, on his 47th birthday, Quincy Jones was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street…

“I am the descendant of Lakota storytellers. I am driven to continue the tradition.” — A. Blackwater — I first saw Armond Blackwater at the Kom On Inn in 2017. He wasn’t performing. He’d come to see another band play. A friend pointed him out, said he used to play with Steppenwolf. The Steppenwolf chapter was a very short one in the grand scheme of things for Blackwater, who’s performing began when he was 12, which is only one thread in a multifaceted life. He’s also been a lifelong writer, an electrical engineer and more. “I’ve had a really fortunate life,” he…

“So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.” ~ Bertrand Russell — That’s quite a statement Bertrand Russell asserts. On one level it reveals a value system that is common among many intellectuals. Intelligence has high value. But in the Gospels, there are other values of importance. Being good, for example. Or being compassionate. Or being wise. …