The Proudest Papa at the Pomp & Circumstance. — Since the day of your birth, the treasure of my essence has always been found in your presence. “Tempus fugit” is a lean Latin phrase that means: “Time Flies” It’s an ancient expression meant to remind that our lives are defined by the irreversible flow of limited time. Through the…

One year ago today, I took this shot, within the rumbling ramble of New York City, before the dark and stormy deaths of 525,000 succumbed to airborne illness. Grim did not yet grieve telekinetically. Electronically. From afar. One year ago today, when a cough was a consideration. A sneeze, a…

For as long as I can remember, I harbored a fiery fascination for Shakespeare’s powerful tale of a wicked deformed king and his conquests both on the battlefield and in the boudoir. In 1990, I was plucked to perform the title role of Richard III at the British American Drama…

Working for old-school power publicist Peggy Siegal in a gleaming glass tower known as the Grace building nestled high above Bryant Park, the mostly female staff was in short supply. Peggy’s notoriously brusque personality left many cold, and it took a certain kind of steel to stay employed. On this…

As I witness my boy wonder tame a tilting toe-to-toe, a tenable truth divines: “Don’t look back, you’re not going that way.” If this pandemic has taught us anything, it’s the power of the punch. Not only those hit hard, knocked upon their heels, but the…

When my family relocated to the humid heat of Houston, Texas in the late 1970s, I learned a deadly new phrase: “Corporal punishment”. All too quickly I came to understand the second largest state practiced a correctional method that left many rear ends red. Corporal punishment was meant to serve…

Entrepreneurial Air Guitar, Conquering Creative Castles in the Sky and the Parachute of Perspective Risk is the ongoing obstacle in every entrepreneur’s existential existence and owning your own agency is akin to the uncertain curtain of skydiving. Business, my friends, is for the birds. As I approached the magnificent mile…

Within an industry traditionally slow to transform, Public Relations needs a radical rebellion and must defend — and extend — its existing business. Austrian Economist Joseph Schumpter coined the term “creative destruction” which describes the process of young, entrepreneurial companies sweeping away large incumbent enterprises akin to old men losing…