Politics

Due(s) Day

Like many Americans, I’ve got conflicted feelings about taxes.  On the one hand, I recognize that they are the price we pay for civilized society.    On the other hand, I cringe (or worse) each time I pay them — because I have, er, serious doubts about the efficacy of handing over my hard-earned money to […]


Speech impediments

I devoted some of my misspent youth to writing speeches for politicians. Tim Ferriss of The 4-Hour Workweek fame found that intriguing — so we did an interview on effective speechifying, which is now posted on his incredibly popular and preposterously useful blog.  Added bonus:  You can see Tim breakdance.  

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