Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/7/25
We have just celebrated the Fourth of July (Independence Day) in the US, even though the Revolutionary War didn’t end until the surrender of Cornwallis and the Treaty of Paris in 1787. This celebration has been a constant in my
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/30/25
The Fourth of July (Independence Day) celebrates July 4, 1776 which was the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident….” came from the magnificent pen of Thomas Jefferson. The American Revolutionary War did not end until 1783—another seven
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/23/25
I’m a “reductionist,” meaning I try to make things as simple as possible. For example, never try to “sell” to a non-buyer, who can say “no” but can’t say “yes.” Or that discretionary time is real wealth, and you must
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/16/25
A few thoughts on Father’s Day which, fortunately, no one yet has been able to ban or otherwise condemn, though I’m sure Brown University has a committee working on that. It seems to me that the choice to have children or not
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/9/25
Let me see how many of you I can offend today, with a book review. But first, some background. In the late 60s, laboring away in the boring days at Prudential Insurance, I happened to meet a former college classmate in
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/2/25
If we can put people on the moon and try to send them to Mars, why can’t we… ….build a toaster that can toast a bagel in less than a day and a half? ….use retinal scanning to allow citizens to pass
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/26/25
(Above: Normandy, photos by Maria Weiss) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/19/25
There were 67,000 pedestrians injured by vehicles last year, and another 7,500 deaths. That's an 11% increase over the prior year. Saturday evening my wife and I were driving from church to our regular restaurant, with the top down and excellent visibility, when
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/12/25
The odds were better for the biggest longshot in the Kentucky Derby. An American has become Pope. It was said that no American could become Pope because the church wouldn’t vest its power in someone from a Super Power. I would
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/5/25
We’ve recently seen six privileged women go briefly into orbit. All are media stars in one form or another, they designed their own suits for the venture, and they were weightless for about 15 minutes, sang songs on descent, and