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THE Right Not to Remain Silent
Last week Benjamin Moore laid off 50 employees bringing to 60 the total number rif’ed by Montvale in the last two-months, likely...
Jun 25, 20254 min read
Things My Daughter Never Told Me!
In the news last week were tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on all goods imported into the country. Those taxes, plus...
Apr 8, 20253 min read
Sitting at THE Adult's Table!
Earlier this month Sherwin-Williams reported earnings for the third quarter of the year, the company failing to reach their own revenue...
Nov 20, 20243 min read


They're Trending!
Market research giant J.D. Power released the results of their 2024 Paint Satisfaction Study recently and for the second year in a row...
Jun 11, 20242 min read


THE Opportunists!
In 2022 readers of Conde Nast Traveler named Bologna Italy as the planet’s food capital. And now you can add deli capital to that city’s...
Jun 5, 20242 min read


My Old Kentucky Home
Last week the Kentucky Derby proved faithful to its sobriquet when the race ended in three-way photo finish for the first time in its...
May 8, 20243 min read


They Have Pizza?
When I became a paint dealer in 1988 my father was already a member of a dealer-owned cooperative. Though not THE one which sent so many...
Oct 31, 20233 min read


Save THE Date!
Sherwin-Williams reported earnings last week; THE largest paint manufacturer in history announcing that sales had increased 6.3% during...
Aug 1, 20232 min read


Won't Be Long Now
I’ve blogged previously of the equally immutable and poisonous facts of paint manufacturing: the process' dependence on petro-chemical...
Apr 23, 20232 min read


Just Another Family Business
When University of Connecticut basketball coach Dan Hurley cut the nets down on his team's championship season last week, he did so from...
Apr 9, 20233 min read


Should I Have Edited that Out?
My daughter Miranda, née Buck Wheat, recently traveled to the mountain-city of San Cristobal de las Casas in southern Mexico. THE...
Jan 26, 20232 min read


He Was More Motivated!
On July 18, 1885 Ulysses S. Grant put down his fountain pen on the final page of his memoir. THE effort, robbing Grant of his remaining...
Dec 4, 20223 min read


Not if You Know it All!
I didn’t make it to the gym at all last week. My determination buried under a pile of excuses! To avoid her father becoming moribund my...
Oct 30, 20223 min read


The Vice is Right!
The police department in my hometown of Stamford, Connecticut is made up of 13-units. The City that Works requiring a bomb squad and...
Sep 11, 20223 min read


Define Success?
John Wooden is generally considered the greatest collegiate basketball coach of all time. The “Wizard of Westwood” coaching the UCLA...
Aug 25, 20223 min read


An Implied Covenant
On Wednesday the world’s largest paint maker Sherwin-Williams, will announce their earnings for the second quarter of the 2022 fiscal...
Jul 24, 20223 min read


It's Grand!
At more than 185-feet wide, the Bronx’s Grand Concourse is nearly double the width of Manhattan’s iconic Park or Madison Avenues....
Jun 5, 20223 min read


Another Mint Julep?
I want to live my life with the optimism of the person who left my daughter Buck Wheat a one-minute and 45-second long voice mail. THE...
May 1, 20223 min read


Calling Elon Musk!
At the age of 12, Elon Musk sold the code to a video game he had written called Blastar to PC and Office Technology magazine for $500....
Apr 24, 20223 min read


It's All Relative
With his theories of special and general relativity published in 1905 and 1915 respectively, the works of Albert Einstein replaced those...
Mar 13, 20222 min read
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