New York, New York!

Early last week I was in New York City attending a conference for the company I work for. It was my first visit to the Big Apple since I left the Army about 400 years ago, so I was just as lost this time around as I was back then.

Springfield Elections: A Tale of Two Candidates

Well, with a little over a week to go before Springfield voters go to the polls to choose their next mayor and city councilors, I think we can all agree we’re probably not in for very many surprises.

Beacon Hill Bucks

Writing at www.Bostonmagazine.com, Steve Poftak asks: Whose Money Talks in Massachusetts Politics? His apparent purpose was to suggest that the folks of “Occupy Boston” might want to be careful of what they wish for on the theory that their complaints about the undue influence of big money on Beacon Hill would unintentionally hurt their own [...]

Springfield Election 2011: To the Victors Go the Spoils

With the 2011 municipal election a mere three weeks away, it’s time now to look at who I think will come out on top on Election Day and who I think will be sitting slumped in their chairs, frowning at the television by about 9:00pm that evening.

The Next Steve Jobs

On my commute this morning I was listening to a radio discussion of Steve Jobs’ contributions to the world and the topic of American patents and intellectual property laws came up in the context of whether or not great American entrepreneurs could rise in a global economy. The issue is that American laws that have [...]