If only Pope Francis were in my Buenos Aires taxi last Christmas. I could have used his moral authority (and Argentine-accented Spanish) in negotiating with a driver who’d forgotten the “Golden Rule.” And in witnessing … Read More
The Real Deflate-Gate: The Depressed State of Our Union
Aired-out uproariously on Saturday Night Live, “Deflate-gate” has been a national fixation since word broke that the New England Patriots used under-inflated footballs in their Super bowl birth-clinching victory over Indianapolis. The alleged cheating controversy … Read More
Inequality and A Tale of Two Ukrainians
Last week, as Ukrainian émigré-turned-tech tycoon Jan Koum prepared to cash a multi-billion dollar check from Facebook — acquirer of his start-up “WhatsApp” — Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was checking-out of his Gatsby-esque estate where he’d … Read More