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Upholding the Constitution With a Sense of Humor
We all then stood up, raised our right hand, and took an oath to uphold the Constitution. And by god, that is exactly what I intended to do, although I admit to being a little sketchy about the right to bear arms bit. Seems to me there were probably some trials going on in that very courthouse involving some folks who were in deep shit for bearing arms. Continue reading
When Big Data Comes Up Small
Big data is not a substitute for vision, for effective decision making or for leadership. And if you don’t bring that to the table, no amount of data is going to be big enough. Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged big data, education, human resources, marketing, recommendation engines, standardized tests, technology
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The Use and Misuse of Big Data
What is big data? It’s a lot of data. There is no need to try to come up with some more sophisticated definition. That’s all there is to it. It is what it is. Big data got big because so … Continue reading
Digital Deception and the Law
From a legal perspective, sockpuppets are like guns. They aren’t illegal but many of the ways people use them are. As the number of unethical, fraudulent and criminal acts perpetuated by online imposters grows, state legislatures in the U.S. have … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Deception
Tagged Digital Deception, fake profiles, law, onlne impersonation, social media, sockpuppets
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A Baseball Fan’s Retirement Guide
There must be a lot of people retired, retiring and starting to see retirement on the horizon because there is no shortage of folks ready to offer retirement “counseling.” Most of it is financial or healthcare related. I’m going to … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Sports
Tagged baseball, minor league, MLB, retirement, sports, stadiums
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17-Ton Marilyn, Enormous Abe and a Pitchfork in the Sky
Forever Marilyn Forever Marilyn is part of the Seward Johnson, The Retrospective exhibit at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, N.J. The 84-year-old New Jersey native was the founder of the Grounds for Sculpture in 1992. More than 150 of … Continue reading
A Baseball Fan Memoir Chapter 5 – Money Changes Everything
Between 1991 and 2014 the cost of bringing a family of four to the ballpark for a major league baseball game increased 168%. That is based on a statistic called the Fan Cost Index which includes four average price tickets, … Continue reading
On a Street Once Lined with Striking Silk Workers
On a quiet residential street in Haledon, N.J., one house stands out from its neighbors. It is taller, more stately, and much older. And it is a national landmark because of its role in the history of the American labor … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged American labor Museum, Botto House, Haledon, history, IWW, labor, Paterson, Silk City, strikes, work, workers
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A Baseball Fan Memoir Chapter 4 – New Places, New Faces
I spent the 50’s in New York’s iconic and since demolished ballparks. The 60’s were all about Shea. And I started the 70’s drinking beer with my buddies at the “Mistake by the Lake.” In the 80’s and 90’s, largely … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Sports
Tagged Baltimore Orioles, baseball, Camden Yards, Metrodome, Minnesota Twins, MLB, sports, stadiums
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A Baseball Fan Memoir Chapter 3 – On the Banks of the Cuyahoga
As the decade of the 70’s began, I was a college student in Northeast Ohio. I had some time on my hands, a friend or two with cars, and an on-campus job that yielded a couple of dollars. That was … Continue reading
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