It appears that we are living in “unprecedented” times. COVID-19, the first global pandemic since the Spanish flu 100 years ago, descended on us in 2020. We are living through “unprecedented” storms wiping out the…
Articles of Interest
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SHOTS, NOT SITES
I heard a plea from a local official this past week for “shots,” not “sites.” The premise is that if local governments get their vaccines, they’ll figure out how to distribute them. The City of…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: TIME CAPSULE
One would think that the passage of 25 years should be sufficient for most of us – at least those in average adult age ranges – to have some sense of what life will look…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: BOTCHED ROLLOUTS
Recent events put a fine point on the old managerial maxim that “good ideas competently executed will always beat brilliant ones poorly executed.” The I-4 expansion, a good idea, and development of the COVID-19 vaccine,…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: BIG TECH BANS
Big Tech remains in the cross-hairs of the Florida GOP. Facebook, Twitter, Apple and Amazon banned former President Donald Trump from access to their platforms for continuing to post false and incendiary content. In retaliation,…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: COVID CLEANS US UP
Putting politics aside for a moment, it’s worth pausing to examine one of the miscellaneous ways in which continuous exposure to COVID-19 has affected America’s habits. Besides OD’ing on streaming and Zooming, apparently Americans have…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: AMAZON’S TREASURES
A recent announcement by Amazon reminded me of the old phrase: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” The company is buying 11 Boeing 767-300 E.R. twin engine jets, which have been retired by Delta…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: INCLUSIVENESS
I am reminded of a poem we had to memorize back in the sixth grade at St. Rose of Lima Catholic School in Ephrata, Wash., written by the American poet, Edwin Markham. It went like…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: OFFICE WORK FOREVER CHANGED
As the vaccine begins its distribution across the country, the next 12 months may bring us to normalcy in some ways. However, in one particular way, it is unlikely: office-bound workers. As employers have discovered…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: DIGITAL CONQUEST
If it hadn’t already been self-evident that brick-and-mortar retailing had steadily lost out to e-commerce over the past ten years, months of COVID-19 put a fine point on the ultimate devastation this past week. U.S….