Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli performed at Madison Square Garden last night in his current world tour. He's 65 years old, looks older than that to me, and started slowly but gained so much strength as the evening wore on that by the
A Minute with Alan® — Profanity
December 13th, 2023 The more we resort to profanity, the less we are good at communicating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38jyY4xlNoQ
A Beautiful Noise
Earlier this year, we were supposed to see the Neil Diamond musical biography, A Beautiful Noise. We had a family diversion and gave the tickets away, promising to return to it. Last night we did. Thank God. Unlike say, Six, which is
The Tragedy of Harvard
Let's get this straight. The Harvard president makes a fool of herself in front of the Congressional hearing (calls to violence are "contextual"), is threatened with perhaps hundreds of millions of donor money withdrawn or withheld due to threats to
A Minute with Alan® — Homelessness
December 12th, 2023 Homelessness is a real problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK5LiQtOBOU
Driving Along
The "old roads" of 70 years ago created huge jams for beach traffic. Now the turnpikes and parkways enable ten times the traffic—to also be jammed. Is that really progress? (At least the cars don't overheat today, but will the electrics
Come On, Man: Money, Money, Money, Money, Money (from Cabaret)
Shohei Ohtani, the baseball superstar, has just received a $700 million contract from the LA Dodgers (over ten years). That is equal to 1,400 Rolls Royces or ten 737 jets. He is a gifted ball player, but imagine taking, say,
A Minute with Alan® — George Santos
December 11th, 2023 This is about George Santos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7u85aLRits
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/11/2023
I’ve never been troubled by irking people—an audience, meeting attendees, readers. I see my job as forcing people to think. In fact, I’ve been hired by executives to confront and discomfit employees. Here’s the deal: You can receive great agreement about
University Follies
Seriously, no matter what your politics, don't you expect the presidents of three of the most prestigious universities in the nation to sound more intelligent in front of a Congressional committee that's televised? You have to wonder how these three