The 100 Guy

My wife Jan is right about things, more often than I’d care to admit.

Americans yet again sort ourselves by the media we read or the networks we watch.

Our turnkey digital platform reaches more than 2 million readers monthly in dozens of cities, states and industries, such as …

Grandson Ansel’s parents tolerate my doting on him and projecting his future career in music.

When I was 16, I thought I’d take the summer off.

I’ve been in media since I was editor of my high school newspaper.

My friend Charlie was watching television a few Sundays ago when “the Fed” closed his bank.

My five-year-old granddaughter stepped off the school bus from kindergarten and seemed troubled.

I was a devoted sports fan when I was teenager.

Sure, I give presents to friends and family this month – and I make annual donations to my list of …

I wrote “Headscape: How a bald guy replanted his hair and restarted his life” to help others address a subject many …

After leaving newspapers, I started an agency serving developers, architects, financial and legal clients, leading it for nearly two decades.

My girlfriend Edith, overhearing me tell a prospect how we’d find each other – “I’m 6’1” and balding,” – giggled …

A college fraternity brother grabbed the small remaining dollop of my brown forehead hair, proclaiming, “Two Mile Island!”

My best hair day ever was in seventh grade when the yearbook photographer took class officer photos.

As we adjust to the deep structural changes the pandemic has wrought upon industry economics, perhaps none is more of …

Lawyers say picking a jury is the most important part of a trial.

Returning to its first in-person conference following a 2.5-year break, the executive committee of PRSA’s Counselors Academy was looking for …

One day, when I led an in-house agency for The Charlotte Observer, the publisher decided the newspaper needed a new …

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I’ve lived that Jefferson quote since I was a teenager.

My dad wanted me to be a lawyer or doctor.

Some of my friends were elated by the Republicans’ $1.9 trillion tax cut in 2017.

Other than during my college intramural boxing class or my best friend’s single slug on the second grade playground – …

Can we, in the old Latin phrase, launch a modus vivendi – an agreement allowing conflicting parties to coexist in …

Give away a percentage of your business to your best team members. If you love something, let it go.

Amidst pandemic, economic collapse, racial disparity and political warfare, do you wonder how America would be faring if we instead followed …

Most major religions share the tradition of making a pilgrimage, a journey to increase knowledge of self, nature and/or God.

Two years ago, I spotted Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne exiting our plane at DCA. “I never stop celebrities,” I …

When Pharaoh refused to release the Israelites from slavery, 10 plagues changed his mind.