Bad Faith – “To Hell with Democracy”

Bad Faith – “To Hell with Democracy”

The above quote – “to hell with democracy” –– comes from a clip in a new movie, Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy.  (A link is provided near the end of this blog.)  The words are spoken passionately, from a deep conviction that...
Say It Ain’t So, Joe ~ Your Ego is Not Your Amigo

Say It Ain’t So, Joe ~ Your Ego is Not Your Amigo

At age 81, most Americans –– even many Democrats –– have understood that the challenges of our time demand what President Kennedy once called “vigah.”  Energy, force, passion, drive: in the CNN debate on June 27, 2024, Donald Trump offered a fire-hose of lies and...
The Bottification of Airbnb

The Bottification of Airbnb

The “Bottification” of Airbnb Under the brutal heat dome that hovered over the eastern seaboard in mid-June of 2024, my family and I were in Washington D.C. to do the typical tourist things: the Air and Space museum, Arlington Cemetery, the Holocaust Museum, the...
A Sad and Sickening Sight in the Big Apple

A Sad and Sickening Sight in the Big Apple

by Don Mayer May 21 2024 Some people in this great country of ours are truly sickened by the prosecution (or prosecutions) of Donald J. Trump; to them, he is being “persecuted,” not prosecuted under an objective application of the rule of law. This view is more...
Israel, Gaza, Humanitarian Relief, and the Laws of War

Israel, Gaza, Humanitarian Relief, and the Laws of War

by Don Mayer Many college-aged people are deeply (and rightly) concerned about violence and militarism, here in the U.S. and abroad.  Ukraine, Sudan, Russia, Israel and Gaza all come to mind in March of 2024. What does any of this have to do with business? The...