Pension funds. University endowments. Your retirement account. The Wall Street Journal reporter who first exposed Enron warns they could be the next victims of private equity’s “fishy” accounting.
Politics
Eureka! The True Value of a McKinsey Consultant
My latest Starkman Approved trilogy:
The true value of a McKinsey consultant—spoiler: it’s not their slide decks.
Corporate America doubles down on toxic stock buybacks while the real economy withers.
Delta Air Lines traps passengers in another tarmac debacle—no air, no toilets, no accountability.
Read and rage — at least that’s my intent.
2024 CEO Pay: Oink, Oink, Piggy, Piggy
America’s CEO aristocracy is delusional if it thinks it can keep gorging on obscene compensation while tossing crumbs to the workers who keep their empires afloat.
At the next meeting of the Business Roundtable—that gilded club of corporate royalty—someone might want to include a short history lesson on a woman named Marie Antoinette.
Tulsi Gabbard Looks to Torch Obama’s Legacy
Tulsi Gabbard has long been denigrated and dismissed by Democratic elites and their media allies. Now she’s released documents suggesting a much broader group of Obama White House officials—possibly including Obama himself—was involved in shaping a politically motivated narrative that Russia interfered in 2016 to help Trump.
Gabbard’s allegations warrant an independent investigation by a nonpartisan prosecutor – if one still exists.
Air India Tragedy: A Warning for U.S. Travelers
Why the U.S. aviation system isn’t immune to a tragedy like today’s Air India crash.
Why Joe Biden Was EV Public Enemy No. 1
U.S. electric vehicle adoption sustained some massive setbacks this week and it’s become undeniable that attempts by Joe Biden, in partnership with GM and Ford, to force Americans to drive EVs was a massive policy failure of unrivaled proportions.
Elon Musk’s Mistaken Social Security Smear
Elon Musk’s false claims about widespread fraud at the Social Security Administration helped trigger a policy that delayed benefits for more than 140,000 Americans. Internal documents obtained by a federal technology publication reveal that the real problem wasn’t fraud—it was misinformation, weaponized by Musk and Trump administration officials at the expense of vulnerable retirees.
Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Privacy War on Big Tech
While Washington dithers on privacy protections, Texas AG Ken Paxton is rewriting the rules on corporate data abuse—one billion-dollar lawsuit at a time. From Google to GM, his legal warpath is putting Big Tech and Big Auto on notice: mess with consumer privacy in Texas, and you’ll pay.
Karma Serves Evil Pepsi Parent its Just Desserts
Karma has come back with a vengeance to bite the maker of Pepsi and other harmful sugary products. It couldn’t happen to a more deserving company.
Birds of a Feather: Canada’s Carney, Joe & Kamala
Some unflattering thoughts on Mark Carney, Canada’s unelected prime minister, and the apparent two-facedness of Australia’s electric vehicle buyers.