Posted in Politics on Feb 10th, 2010
As I wrote yesterday “about 24 hours, or less.” It was a political certainty and Mr. Giambrone has taken the only path available to him. Enough said.
Now we all owe Mr. Giambrone the respect and privacy he deserves.
Like Tiger, Mr. Giambrone has some soul searching to do but not until the full impact of this [...]
Posted in Politics on Feb 9th, 2010
The Globe headline “Giambrone to stay in mayoral race despite ‘inappropriate relationship’” has about as much shelf life as an open can of tuna. I’d say about 24 hours, or less.
It’s one thing to be brazenly optimistic. It’s quite another to be completely utterly politically naive. As soon as Mr. Giambrone comes to fully appreciate [...]
Posted in Politics on Jan 24th, 2010
One of the debates among those who like to debate is whether or not the recent and dramatic change in the polls is due to a backlash against Mr. Harper’s decision to prorogue parliament, or a combination of other factors. All interesting debates, I agree, but more interesting is what I believe is grabbing hold [...]
Posted in Climate Change, Politics, Rant on Nov 15th, 2009
One of the most famous lines boardroom CEOs like to quote, “failure is not an option” is taken from Ed Harris’ delivery in the 1995 film Apollo 13. Some even like to wear the little grey vest. Watch the scene here.
However, according to the 21 APEC leaders failure is apparently an option, if you commit to [...]