Although we’ve occasionally indulged in some luxury travel (usually when I was on a YPO-sponsored trip), in general I try to find a balance between being extraordinarily cheap and not being in danger of robbery, vermin or disease. I’m known to stay in a nearby hotel to avoid an inflated conference rate and to spend [...]
Let the dinosaurs die
I’m pretty firmly against the slew of bailouts being proposed or in process. It’s not that I’m insensitive to the impact of the fall of certain industries or the unemployment that follows. It’s that I don’t believe that the money, which is at some point finite, will make a difference in badly broken businesses. So [...]
When the caste system goes too far
American’s boarding order has become hopelessly obtuse: First class. Superduper platinum. Platinum. Priority access. Mortals. Murderers, rapists and tax cheats. Whoever gets on last must have done something unspeakable.