Between San Luis Obispo and Monterey, California, you’ll find views like this one almost everywhere you turn. Such constant, relentless beauty humbles a person, reminds you of life’s fleeting nature.  I’d never seen Big Sur until a few weeks ago, and I’ve still seen only a glimpse. Three days cannot do it justice. Neither, I suspect, could three...
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Need a Fourth? Don’t Call Donny! Donny Deutsch was incredulous. Deutsch appeared last Thursday on a Larry King-hosted sausage party to analyze – in advance, what else?? – Tiger Woods’ attempt to manipulate the media the very next day. The ad guru simply couldn’t wrap his brain around The Big Idea – proffered by Golf Channel reporter Jim Gray...
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[Note: I've edited this post a little in hopes that now, even an idiot can understand it. Apparently some mistook the quoted matter in the post as Iacocca's actual words. THEY ARE NOT. Which anyone with basic Internet and reading skills might have understood from the original post -  had they bothered to actually read it. C'mon,...
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While I was traveling with a colleague four weeks ago, he bought a copy of Glenn Beck’s “Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government.” Two days ago, he announced that he is pursuing a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Though our belief systems differ, he is the kind of guy I picture...
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O.K., somebody needs to explain this to me. I fly a bunch for my work, enough that I now get automatic upgrades to first class if there are empty seats. When you’ve spent as much time as I have shoehorned into eight-tenths-scale “regional jets” or behind fully reclined neanderthals in coach, it’s a welcome - if rare...
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