What Happened To General Electric?

I was in the process of reading Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric by Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann when The Wall Street Journal reported that General Electric(GE) was separating into three businesses: Aviation, Healthcare, and Power. Thus ending the conglomerate status of GE. Full disclosure, I worked as a contractor […]

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I know I am late on posting this but in November was 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A month later on Christmas Day the Romanian dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown and he and lowlife wife were finally executed. About 10 years ago I came across an autobiography from Nadia Comaneci, […]

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Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Margery Hannah, and Virginia Tucker the NASA Americans have never heard of until movie came out over two years ago. I first heard about Hidden Figures from reading an article in the New York Magazine. The author Margot Lee Shetterly was interviewed about her research on these incredible women […]

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I know it has been a long time since I have written a blog post. My father’s health took a turn for the worse in January. Sadly, he died in May. I just have not been in the mood to blog. I’ve been dealing with grief, my father’s estate, and my own life. I am […]

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I just finished reading an intriguing memoir about a segment of American society that is virtually ignored.  Writer J.D. Vance chronicles his life story in Hillbilly Elegy.  Vance highlights the terrible consequences of bad ideas passed from generation to generation.  These bad ideas include eschewing education, using violence as a means to settle disagreements, drug […]

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I just finished reading a disturbing look into the lives of fashion designers John Galliano and Alexander McQueen. Dana Thomas, a fashion correspondent delves into the lives of these incredibly talented designers in her book Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano From my reading, Thomas showed the parallel lives […]

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I can’t believe it has been 25 years today since that wall of oppression was brought down; and only due to a Poliburo’s member’s rambling statement.  I believe that wall symbolized the end result of a morally bankrupt ideology.  It laid bare in concrete that people of East Germany, and in Eastern Europe in particular, […]

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I’ve been troubled by the suicide of Robin Williams.  As an actor Williams had the rare ability to transition from comedic to dramatic roles.  His performance in Good Will Hunting rightly deserved the Oscar.  Yet, Williams had a dark side.  Whenever he appeared on a talk show his need to please was always evident.  His […]

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Everyone in the country was riveted by the murder of Matthew Shepard.  As was reported I believed that Shepard was murdered because he was gay.  Stephen Jimenez’s book, The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About The Murder Of Matthew Shepard, exposes the real story behind the bogus headlines of Shepard’s death.  When I first heard […]

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No movie has impacted me more than this film.  The only movie that compares to 12 Years is 1989’s Glory.  Not only does 12 Years accurately portray the horrendous nature of slavery, it also shows the indomitable spirit of Solomon Northrup, whose true story this movie is based on.  The acting was superb.  It’s hard […]

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