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Life & Living:  After 35 years, a Reunion of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program’s 106 class.
Yesterday we had a virtual zoom reunion of my classmates from the 106th Advanced Management Program (AMP) at the Harvard Business School.  AMP is kind of a mini-MBA, 13 weeks full-time on campus.  It was the best educational experience of my life thanks to the expert and...
Efficiency
Current Events:  Government Efficiency and DOGE -- Palentir CEO Alex Karp on Elon Musk and DOGE
I’m thinking out loud.  I am a lifelong centrist Democrat.  I lean right on national security and economic prosperity and growth.  I lean left on social progress. I advocate for the Democrats working with Musk on DOGE.  So does Karp; watch this short video.  A...
Statue of Liberty
Current Events:  Immigration -- What you thought you knew about where U.S. immigrants work might be wrong.
Thinking out loud.  If we all had the same FACTS, we’d see less division, fewer extremes, and way less people believing misinformation.  But do we actually know the numbers? USAFacts is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit initiative founded by ex-Microsoft CEO (and wonderfully...
Musk DOGE
Current Events: DOGE 2.0 -- What & How
I don’t want to pay any more taxes than I already do.  I’ll grit my teeth and put up with paying the same tax rate.  If my tax rate goes up, I’ll be supremely pissed at my elected representatives … local, state, and federal … and will vote against the incumbents.  (If...