As some of you know, I enjoy taking pictures – and then finding something to say.
2018: The Year In Pictures
Sisters: A Christmas Story
Listen to “Sisters: A Christmas Story” by Fred Smith I’ve been reading this week about the disaster of Sumner Redstone’s family. While Sumner built great business ventures in CBS and Viacom, his personal life and that of his entire family is a tale filled with betrayals of trust, conflicts of interest, lawsuits against each other, theft, shady ethics, deceit and greed that stead ...[Read More]
Haters
Listen to “Haters” By Fred Smith Facebook is not the place for subtlety and we all know that. Yet, this week I posted a spoof from the Babylon Bee and several good friends took it seriously. I know I should file disclaimers, but I don’t. It was the one telling us that scores of Trump supporters were abandoning him because he preferred McDonald’s over Chick-fil-A. I thought it w ...[Read More]
Place and Power
Listen to “Place and Power” by Fred Smith If you want well-written insight into the work of speechwriters and their behind-the-scenes influence, I would suggest Barton Swaim’s book, “The Speechwriter.” Its soul-searching honesty about the conflicts, challenges and moments of both praise and despair are good reading. Some of our finest pundits, commentators, and authors hav ...[Read More]