
What the New Yorker Cover Got Right

These days, an appreciable number of Obama supporters are starting to use words like "disillusionment." But that's a consequence of projecting their political outlooks onto the candidate in the first place.
The best way to avoid becoming disillusioned is to not have illusions in the first place.
No, it isn’t just your imagination. Black radio really is vanishing.
The new film “Disappearing Voices – The Decline of Black Radio” explains why. Written and narrated by veteran radio personality Bob Law and directed by independent filmmaker U-Savior...
Entrepreneurs often see strategy as something they just do not have time to do. No wonder they think what they need most is contracts and capital... Strategy does not have to be a long, expensive process. There are five critical questions.
When making investments, it is always important to take a holistic viewpoint. Contrary to popular belief, an isolated financial strategy is extremely risky and unlikely to bring you lasting success.
Most people struggle financially because they attempt to build wealth with a linear approach—using one investment strategy, one portfolio, and one stream of income. To build significant wealth in a way that brings your greater freedom with each dollar made, you have to learn to manage multiple investment strategies, portfolios, and streams of income.
Missing the point... not closing the business? Without the target and the specifics, the headline, sentence, or storyline comes across weak. Swap out all three for conversation.
Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn't a war about oil. That's cynical and simplistic, they said. It's about terror and al-Qaeda and toppling a dictator and spreading democracy and protecting ourselves from weapons of mass destruction. But one by one, these concocted rationales went up in smoke, fire and ashes. And now the bottom line turns out to be ... the bottom line. It is about oil.