by Don Mayer, June 28, 2023 The antics of Silicon Valley “alpha dogs” have reached a new and disturbing level. In the public interest, PLBW offers some extraordinary writing by Lora Kelly of the Atlantic magazine. By way of preface, your “perfectly...
“It’s a free country.” I first heard this at age four, from a kid in the neighborhood (who was probably doing something wrong). Our “freedoms” are not absolute: we are not legally free to steal others’ property or watch child pornography, but we are free...
by Don Mayer “Witch hunt!” We’ve heard that phrase from Donald Trump as a stock response to any number of investigations, indictments, and impeachments. The Mueller investigation, both impeachment proceedings, the Georgia investigation (of a...
by Don Mayer Donald Trump’s judicial chickens have come home to roost, and they are laying some perfectly legal but horribly misshapen eggs. Trump, with the help of Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society, and then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, approved...
By Don Mayer It’s fairly commonplace for CEOs of U.S. companies to move quickly into crisis management mode after a public relations disaster. Alan Shaw, CEO of Norfolk Southern, was in just such a mode after the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine,...
