All that's left to do
Published: Tue, 11/05/24
Updated: Tue, 11/05/24
There's nothing more to do at this point e cept see what's in store for us. If there's a clear winner I'll be recording a panel discussion first thing…
The Happy Earner
I send out value-packed emails about earning income online, which I've been doing with great success since 2010. I would have saved myself a lot of agony and frustration if I'd had the information people on this email list receive every day!
What will happen tomorrow?
Published: Mon, 11/04/24
Updated: Tue, 11/05/24
Nobody knows for sure. People I know who feel fairly confident in the result still don't want to come out and say so, for fear of making their voters…
How Scott Horton got noticed
Published: Fri, 11/01/24
Updated: Sat, 11/02/24
It wasn't just hard work. My favorite book story involves our old friend Scott Horton. Scott has an encyclopedic knowledge of foreign-policy matters.
The costume I'm wearing tonight
Published: Thu, 10/31/24
Updated: Fri, 11/01/24
Take a guess. It's Halloween, which is a rough night for people who, like me, send evening emails. But I am indeed dressing up -- my wife and I are…
Dave Smith knows nothing about comedy, he says
Published: Wed, 10/30/24
Updated: Sat, 11/02/24
You surely know of my friend Dave Smith, comedian and podcaster. In 2017 he was a special guest aboard a cruise I hosted. I asked him if, in addition…
A task I can make much easier for you
Published: Tue, 10/29/24
Updated: Sat, 11/02/24
Because I've been doing it forever. In the publishing world I haven't quite done it all, but I've come close. Academic books with Columbia University…
The thing we never thought we'd worry about
Published: Sun, 10/27/24
Updated: Mon, 10/28/24
Some of you good people on this list were interested in, but could not attend, Mikkel Thorup's private presentation to my readers about developing an…
I resent having to consider this option
Published: Thu, 10/24/24
Updated: Thu, 10/24/24
But America 2024 is worrying me. I'm not much of a sports fan these days but growing up in the Boston area in the 1980s was fun for a kid who did…
The man we hated, and then loved
Published: Mon, 10/21/24
Updated: Tue, 10/22/24
A masterful performance. Last week I told you about my confrontation with the drunks at the Men at Work concert in Melbourne, Florida. Well, there's…
The drunks I confronted last night
Published: Fri, 10/18/24
Updated: Sat, 10/19/24
Last night two of my adult daughters and I went to neighboring Melbourne, Florida, to see Men at Work, a band whose first two albums enjoyed massive…