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  • Monopolizing a Niche

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    Did Donald Trump follow Peter Thiel’s Advice for Start-ups? In the start-up and entrepreneurship world, Peter Thiel is an icon.  One of his oft-quoted pieces of advice is to “monopolize a niche.”  When Donald Trump announced his candidacy and came out against the immigration status quo, I was advising a few start-ups and my first Read.

  • There Goes Steve English, the Greatest Shooter that Ever Was

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    On the morning of May 28, 25 years ago, I awoke to a terrifying sound coming from my mother downstairs. Something I had never heard before. Something like, “No!” with Irish defiance and maternal heartache.  Something was really wrong. Within seconds my father came into my room with the news that my friend and classmate Read.

  • Does Travel Change You?

    Change is a morally neutral term, it can be virtuous or vicious. If the meteorologist says that the temperature is going to change, he offers no value unless the direction of the change is also conveyed. Is it going to be warmer or colder? So… does travel make you better or worse? Or do you Read.

  • The Wire as Greek Epic

    The Wire can be viewed as an epic poem that reveals the absence of justice in modern American political economy. The Wire is about two worlds: one ruled by Force and Might, the other ruled by Cunning Intelligence. Sometimes the two are in conflict, sometimes congruent, but both operate without Justice as an organizing principle. The Read.

  • Vladimir Putin and the Devastation of the Baby Boomers

    Vladimir Putin opened his op-ed to the U.S. and its political leaders seeking to avoid devastation. Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against each other during the cold war. But we were also allies once, and defeated the Nazis together. The universal international organization — the United Nations — was then Read.

  • Brain Food: What Are Your Eyes Eating!?

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    Recently an infographic has been making the rounds about the six major companies that control 90% of the media content that we consume.  Those six companies are GE, Newscorp, Disney, Viacom, Time-Warner, and CBS. This parallels the few large companies that supply most of the food in the US. You’ve got a small group of Read.