If you were launching a transformational technology, would you cut marketing by $1 billion?
GM did.
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On Mary Barra Sliming Biden for GM’s EV Failure
Mary Barra last week blamed Joe Biden for GM’s EV mess.
The media gave her a free pass.
Again.
CEOs’ Rx for Hurting Workers: Let Them Eat ETFs
Struggling to pay rent or cover a $400 emergency? Don’t worry — America’s CEOs say the solution is simple: just buy their stocks.
UAW’s Socialist Ties to Zohran Mamdani
New York City just elected avowed socialist Zohran Mamdani—cheered on by the UAW, a union whose senior leadership includes a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. New Yorkers should take a hard look at UAW President Shawn Fain’s leadership and the company he keeps.
GM’s Mary Barra Burned California and Canada
GM CEO Mary Barra betrayed both California and Canada. Gov. Gavin Newsom publicly agrees — and if Canada’s globalist prime minister, Mark Carney, knew his own country’s history better, he would too.
America’s Humiliated and Expendable Workforce
The American workplace has become a theater of humiliation — just ask the employees of CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, Starbucks, Ford, and GM.
Their stories reveal what “leadership” looks like in corporate America today: detached, self-congratulatory, and utterly inhumane.
Jaguar’s Adrian Mardell’s Dumb “Smart” Factories
Apologies to GM’s Mary Barra and Ford’s Jim Farley, who I’ve long maligned as the auto industry’s worst CEOs. Turns out Jaguar Land Rover’s Adrian Mardell has them both beat.
Why Larry Ellison Is No Elon Musk
The media last week breathlessly focused on Oracle founder Larry Ellison briefly overtaking Elon Musk as the world’s richest person. Only veteran Barron’s scribe Andrew Bary noted the very different ways they built their fortunes.
Ellison’s wealth rests on legal stock manipulation. Musk’s wealth was earned the old-fashioned American way: building innovative businesses.
Jamie Dimon’s Sgt. Schultz Jeffrey Epstein Plea
It’s heartening that the New York Times has published a detailed exposé exposing JPMorgan Chase’s culpability as one of Jeffrey Epstein’s enablers and showing the bank ultimately bears responsibility for some of the sex offender’s illicit activities. Regretfully, the Times seems short on editors who could have made the dense…
Built for Repairs: The Perils of Buying a Ford!
Ford has already recalled nearly 8 million vehicles in 2025 — more than it will sell worldwide. Here’s my PSA for anyone thinking of buying a vehicle with a Blue Oval on the hood.