Reading about the more than dozen CEOs who made pilgrimages to Mar-A-Lago to curry favor with president-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed my perceptions about how many of them reached their lofty heights in corporate America.
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Gov. Newsom Was Warned of Looming Fires
Governor Gavin Newsom absolutely, positively, no doubt about it, knew that the best fire risk experts in America repeatedly warned that California’s exposures to disastrous fires were too great for them to insure. He’s not only responsible for failing to mitigate the fire risks, but also for the burgeoning insurance crisis, the alarming magnitude of which isn’t fully understood.
The Flunkies Who Failed California
Hurricane Katrina exposed to the world the horrific poverty of New Orleans. The fires ravaging Los Angeles have exposed the pathetic leadership that’s long plagued California.
Mike Johns’ Big Waymo Misadventure (LHOL)
It’s bad karma to celebrate the misfortunes of others, so let’s just say that reading about Mike Johns’ horrific experience with one of Google’s driverless Waymo taxis should make clear to tech geeks there’s a deity even superior to Elon Musk.
The Soiled Hands of Allstate CEO Tom Wilson
Some insight about Allstate CEO Tom Wilson who’s advisory for Americans to abandon their “addiction to divisiveness” has sparked calls for a boycott of what class action attorneys say is an ethically challenged insurance company.
Another primer on my eponymous Starkman Approved Theory.
Matt Gaetz and the Department of Justice?
Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz strikes me as a bad guy. A real no-goodnik as my late mother would no doubt have described him. Some Trump supporters regard him as so repulsive even they can’t stomach the thought of Gaetz’s appointment as attorney general, putting him in charge of federal…
Mary Barra’s $84 Million FU to U.S. Taxpayers
Thanks to her successful and legal manipulation of GM’s stock price, CEO Mary Barra has been dumping huge chunks of her holdings this year and already pocketed more than $84 million. Here’s why U.S. taxpayers should be outraged and why Barra’s stock sales should be a major election issue.
My Summer Job Driving a Toronto Taxi
In the summer of 1976, I drove a taxi in my native Toronto during my summer college break. Unlike Kamala Harris’s supposed summer job working at McDonald’s, driving a taxi for me was a life changing experience.
Karen Lynch’s Well Deserved CVS Lynching
In the heyday of the Wall Street Journal when the publication was the gold standard of American journalism, the newspaper’s page one stories were a delight to read. They often began with a telling anecdote that alerted readers about the subject they were about to read, and some of the…
Bari Weiss Puts Jeff Bezos to Shame
Jeff Bezos was a huge success disrupting the retail industry, but he’s no match for Bari Weiss when it comes to launching and growing a respected media brand that has already surpassed Bezos’ ailing Washington Post within two years of its launch.