For those who bought into Rousseau’s Social Contract, a joke can be taken lightly, and expected. In the 80’s, Culture Wars were a way out for economic woes in the West (Salman Rushdie). Now it’s back in Paris, overshadowing The Interview (last year news already!). The difference between then (80’s) and now (2015) lies in…

If we can crowd-source all the New Year Resolutions, we can certainly do some good. New Year Resolutions are like sacrificial lambs to appease the gods of time and cycles. Here is my diet sacrifice, there is my spending thrift. People join a gym, open a savings account or look for Cyber Monday deals. Disparate…

Xiaomi: 45 BIllion. Air Asia stocks: tanking You and I: questionable. We are living in an Age of instant and constant valuation of anything and everything, thanks to Big Data. A speech is now a one-liner. A log book a blog. And what’s real is now virtual (people stay single more, perhaps due to porn).…

Counting down. What’s in that gift box for me. We are left with the proverbial can that has been kicked down the road too many times. That tree of life. It’s up  to us  to leave good gifts behind. The new Pope brokered a deal which made Havana jump. That’s a gift. What do they…

Churchill used to start speaking in the morning, and did not end until late at night (yet his most famous and enduring: “Never ever ever give up” speech stays with us). Wesley was known to bring down the house (or the tent) with fire and brimstone sermons. And of course, I have a dream. It…

http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20141025/who-was-tuan-nguyen-friends-unravel-mystery-of-homeless-man-killed-in-la-accident Homeless, John Doe 278, killed when an SUV plowed through a Canoga Park Donuts-Store, will be cremated and then buried in a Common Grave scheduled for Dec 2017. A LA Police search found 623 possible matches for “Tuan Nguyen”. Decades of being homeless with no prior and no contact numbers, resulted in no “life”,…

It’s approaching, Black Friday that is. Like you, I barely remember two incidents – store keeper got trampled to death, and a woman pepper-sprayed fellow shoppers. Well, let the fact speak for itself. Here is a copy/paste straight out of Wikipedia in recent years on this infamous day of the year. In 2006, a man…

Have you ever wondered what it takes to make the list of Most Influential People? In the span of time, no single accomplishment will make the difference, but for the tapestry (your reputation). The Atlantic 100 list shows a lot of “colored” folks e.g. Du Bois etc… since American History  cannot get away from its…

Long ago, Decent Interval was published and it raised a few eye-brows. It was a play on word. There was nothing “decent” about the US slow but sudden unwinding from its once escalated war. Throughout that time, investors like Warren Buffett were able to enrich their portfolio with decent interests. Value-investing vs demoralized warfare. The…

Let’s change it around, form a nation of Takers to a nation of Makers. I know Black Friday is around the corner. And that we brace ourselves once again to “take” those loss-leaders at dawn, in the dark. But per Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail and Makers, all that is about to change.…