September 2021

Thought of the Week: Would the U.S. actually default without a debt ceiling increase? The New York Times: “What a U.S. Debt Default Would Look Like;” USA Today: “What Happens if the U.S. Runs out of Money;” CNN: “No One would be Spared; Debt Default Would Set Off Dire Consequences.” The headlines are clear. Without […]

Thought of the Week: What Happens When Everything is Labeled a Crisis? “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.” Rahm Emanuel uttered these famous lines shortly after Barack Obama had been elected

Thought of the Week: What does a lobbyist actually do? It’s a question I hear quite often, even living in Washington, D.C., which is home to more than 12,000 active lobbyists. In fact, the lobbying industry is arguably the U.S. government’s oldest profession and is protected by the First Amendment. While the term “lobbyist” dates

Thought of the Week: This Saturday will mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the United States. It strikes me that although I’ll never forget exactly where I was when I first heard the news that an American Airlines jetliner had hit the World Trade Center, it is likely that there are

Thought of the Week: Last weekend I did the unthinkable. Late in a golf match, with my partner out of the hole, having hit his tee shot out of bounds, and my competitors both safely on the green with birdie putts, I hit an easy approach shot into a greenside bunker, short-siding myself, and making