As an entrepreneur that runs virtual companies with no offices and a as writer, I listen to music 8 hours a day. It’s a huge mood setter and motivator for me. I was inspired to write this post (I haven’t blogged in years) because of the New York Times hit piece on Mayer’s new album, […]

Stepping off a cross-country flight from LAX, I walked up the jetway, through the airport, and out into Orlando, the land of Disney, Epcot, and the U.S. Naval Training Center. The evening air was still warm from the blistering Florida sun. It was March 1993: I was 19 years old and about to enter navy […]

We are heading for a massive correction in the market in 2021. We’ve been in a COVID recession since 2020 but the majority of people haven’t really felt it hit hard. It’s like we can see the mushroom cloud far away but the blast wave hasn’t hit us yet. But it’s coming… Most folks have […]

According to the Pew Research Center, “Around 30 percent of American workers make less than $10.10 per hour. That creates an income below the federal poverty level.” 2020 has shown us that the American honeymoon of one of the greatest democracies ever created, is clearly over. Is there a big problem today? We can no […]

John Zinn had an uncanny ability to make things happen, sometimes seemingly out of thin air. I’ll give you two of my favorite examples.  One day, when John was on a flight from DC to California, a child on his plane had a seizure. The boy had never had a seizure before and his mother […]

In the summer of 2002, when Hamid Karzai became president of Afghanistan’s interim government, John Zinn was there as part of his security detail. A year later, as the dust settled in Iraq from the U.S.-led Shock and Awe campaign, John was there sweeping the country for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). When L. Paul […]