October 1, 2015 Comments Off on Commentary: Periscope: Why signatures beat selfies
The big banking story this year is about embedded microchips and the machines that read them. The new rules made U.S. retailers nervous because of the liability shift that goes with the new technology; if the store isn’t using it ...
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Read More »September 24, 2015 Comments Off on Commentary: Periscope: The real problem with Volkswagen
The problem with being Volkswagen right now is that you lied. The other problem with being Volkswagen right now is that your company’s value dropped by $18 billion or so in a day and you had to take a charge ...
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Read More »August 5, 2015 Comments Off on Commentary: Periscope: Sailing provides more than metaphors
Richard Bode’s 1993 memoir, First You Must Row a Little Boat, reveals life lessons through the study of sailing, an activity even more prone to metaphor than baseball. I had to judge where I was headed from where I had ...
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Read More »July 14, 2015 Comments Off on Commentary: Money trails lead to strange places
Much has been made in recent weeks about the U.S. Treasury’s announcement that Alexander Hamilton’s days on the $10 bill are numbered. It’s time for a woman to grace paper money. Plenty of candidates have been discussed, and an online ...
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Read More »February 11, 2015 Comments Off on Commentary: Take weddings one at a time
Nearly one-fourth of American engagements occur on Valentine’s Day. That number might be higher this year with it being on a Saturday. Many of those couples will be out on dates with plenty of liquid courage to help them along. ...
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Read More »December 29, 2014 Comments Off on Commentary: Counting relationship ups and downs by the moon
More than a decade ago I was in Texas, writing for the Galveston County Daily News. I had an idea for a column based on my frequent visits to Starbucks, where I often ended up sharing an outdoor table with ...
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Read More »August 8, 2014 Comments Off on Commentary: Bringing ideas to fruition is sink or swim
I was out sailing a few weeks ago and got to thinking about those early sailors, the ones who looked upon the ocean and decided to find out if there was something on the other side or if they’d just ...
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Read More »May 8, 2014 Comments Off on Commentary: How Mother’s Day became motherless
One century. That’s how long Mother’s Day has been an official celebration, all thanks to Anna Jarvis. Jarvis, originally of Grafton, West Virginia, had a little shindig to honor her own mother in 1908 and promptly began campaigning to make ...
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Read More »October 2, 2013 Comments Off on Commentary: Is that faux real?
In the crime world, there just isn’t anything sexier than a jewel thief. Except, perhaps, an art forger. Deceptive art has been romanticized in literature and film, from “How to Steal a Million” and “The Thomas Crown Affair” to “The ...
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Read More »February 13, 2013 Comments Off on Commentary: Thoughts on Lincoln’s other proclamation
Abraham Lincoln was born, as you surely recall from your third-grade history class, Feb. 12, 1809, making this week the 204th anniversary of his arrival. And, of course, there’s the movie (we still like you, Sally). Jan. 1, you might ...
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Read More »December 6, 2012 Comments Off on Commentary: The elf who’s changing Christmas
Oodle is back. You don’t know Oodle unless you live at Casa Streuli, but he’s our elf and he’s doing his third tour of duty. If you’ve missed the Elf on the Shelf phenomenon, hang a “No Children Allowed” sign ...
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