Just As I Thought

Oh, this modern age where a CE…

July 22, 2009

Oh, this modern age where a CEO with a mobile phone outside Istanbul can call or text me instantly in California. Left to you: good or bad?

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Right = Wrong

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It’s a drivers paradise: Filling a 22-gallon tank in Baghdad with low-grade fuel costs just $1.10, plus a 50-cent tip for the attendant. A tankful of high-test costs $2.75. In Britain, by contrast, gasoline prices  [more...]

June 6, 2004
The War with the Customer

Quackery and commercialism

As a former staff member of the Washington, DC public broadcaster WETA, I’ve always been a supporter of the station. But in the last few years, the old familiar staff has given way to a more corporate culture. And  [more...]

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