Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may be the richest man on earth, but he is morally bankrupt. I learned this trying to return a product that was under warranty. Yes, I did get a credit for the problem; the resolution was dishonest, demonstrating a corporation lacking ethics.
About a week and a half ago a close friend phoned me concerning his portfolio of corporate securities. He placed the call several days before the 665.75 point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Feb.
Orson Bean (perhaps best known for his three-year stint on the erstwhile TV series “Desperate Housewives” and before that for his hundreds of guest appearances on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”) and his wife, Alley Mills (a hard working TV and stage actress currently seen on the CBS soap o
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may be the richest man on earth, but he is morally bankrupt. I learned this trying to return a product that was under warranty. Yes, I did get a credit for the problem; the resolution was dishonest, demonstrating a corporation lacking ethics.
When I was a small child my parents continually drummed into my head: “Jimmy, if you get lost what will you do?” Answer: “I will find a policeman, he’s my friend.” Tragically that probably isn’t taught much anymore.
Last week my wife and I attended the wedding of our great niece, Rebecca Doub, to Adam Castleman at The Army and Navy Club in Washington DC. It was a spectacular affair to be forever remembered.
At a local restaurant not long ago I received a dramatic lesson in banking. My personal credit card was rejected as nonprocessable. A prompt phone call to the card issuer, Citibank, revealed the reason: their receipt of a report from credit agency Experian of derogatory information.
“Shakespeare in Love” made its cinematic debut in 1998. With a screenplay by Tom Stoppard and Mark Norman, the film won that year’s Oscar for Best Picture. In 2013, the romantic farce and history-inspired fantasy was adapted to the stage by playwright Lee Hall.
There are times in one’s life when one is forced to make a decision. Even knowing that the decision will have far reaching negative or positive consequences, the decision still needs to be made.
