I grew up in Alabama, in the “Heart of Dixie”. Although there are many things about the South and Southern culture that I love, through careful thought and honest reflection, I have been able to recognize that a huge part of my Southern heritage was evil and something to be…

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet with a very intelligent, very well educated, very accomplished, very impressive man. We enjoyed a delightful hour together, talking about business, but also sharing life stories and talking about religion and philosophy. I relish discussions like this! During our conversation, he shared with…

Human life starts at conception. This is not a moral question, nor a legal question, nor a philosophical question, nor a religious question. It is simply a scientific fact: human life starts at conception. …

Seed-Stage Startup Financing Innovation — SAFEs (Simple Agreements for Future Equity) are old news in the fast-moving realm of startup companies and seed-stage venture capital. But in the buttoned-down world of accounting rules and SEC regulations, SAFEs are very much on the cutting edge of problematic issues. …

Personally, I don’t like Donald Trump very much. I never have. His grandiose, pompous, braggadocios, crude personal style, over the last 40 years or so of his very public life, has always been repugnant to my conservative sensibilities. And I still feel this way. Although some of his Twitter strategy…

Timothy Keller is the founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. In this article, as is obvious from the title, I criticize Timothy Keller’s positions on politics. But before getting into that, I would be remiss if I did not give credit to Mr. Keller for being a very positive…

In a recent analysis performed by McKinsey & Company and published by U.S. News here → https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings , California was ranked no. 32 in the “Best States” ranking. I don’t know for a fact, but I expect that there was a time when California was ranked first, or at least…

Now that Tax Day is over, let’s talk about what happened. (I know, I know. It’s painful! But, if we are to have any hope of ever making it better, we’ve got to face the reality of what’s happening.) Filing Income Tax Returns is a Waste of Precious Time and Money This year, in the United States, about 150 million individuals have…

All of history is divided and marked by the life of Jesus of Nazareth. “B.C.” refers to Before Christ, and “A.D.” refers to Anno Domini (Latin for in the year of our Lord). From the founding of the United States, for probably at least a hundred years, all official correspondence…