My Fellow Compassionate Capitalists: Growing up my father attempted to teach me many lessons. One that actually resonated with me though, was when he told me “if you’re not providing for your family… You’re NOT a man”!!! I followed his lead and went gangbusters, and when I first started out I held down a minimum […]

My Fellow Compassionate Capitalists: Last week Catherine and I found ourselves in New York City once again. The last time we were there it was the start of the great Covid panic and the city had literally cleared out/locked down overnight. It was the zombie apocalypse! We had the city to ourselves and we literally […]

My Fellow Compassionate Capitalists: You cannot spend enough money to eliminate poverty… however you can spend enough money to eliminate wealth. This is a subject I  happen to know a little bit about. I grew up in a great home and had the latest and greatest of everything. I’m sure I was spoiled, however when […]

My Fellow Compassionate Capitalists: The first part of my childhood I was a complete and total nerd. I absolutely loved school. I loved the library. I loved books. I was annoyed by people who were sociable. I could not understand why perfection when it came to grades and test scores… was not everyone’s objective. It […]

My Fellow Compassionate Capitalists: As a child of the 70s and 80’s I grew up listening to Bruce Springsteen and John Cougar Mellencamp as well as Ronald Reagan talking about pride in America. Lee Iacocca…. The Pride is Back commercials. Mom, baseball, and homemade apple pie! My dad instilled in me that if I was […]

My Fellow Compassionate Capitalists: This past weekend I had the amazing opportunity of being a VIP guest at the Polo event in North Scottsdale. There were several tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars worth of new – as well as vintage – Bentleys, Rolls Royce‘s, Lamborghinis, Ferraris and other exotic cars. The attendees […]

My Fellow Compassionate Capitalists: This is not a newsletter article blaming Millennials and Gen Z for the distribution/logistics problems of today; although it can serve as a sneak peek into their future. No… This is much bigger than that! This is about our generation as well as Baby Boomers turning the world over to generations […]

My Fellow Compassionate Capitalists: The legend goes that in 1519 as Hernán Cortés and 600 Spaniards arrived off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico…. Hernán Cortés stepped upon shore and ordered his ships to be burned. As a mutiny was about to break out Cortez raised his sword against his soldiers and proclaimed “MEN… We go […]

My Fellow Compassionate Capitalists: When I was a kid I took everything my parents said to be GOSPEL! Why would they ever have any need to lie to me??? This allowed me to have a superiority complex due to the fact I would never have to find answers to questions based on my own merits. […]