April 2022

Ever since he hit that mid-range jump shot in the 1982 national championship game against Georgetown, I’ve been a Michael Jordan fan.

The Walt Disney Company is among the world’s most sophisticated global enterprises. So, how, in the span of just over a month, did it put itself in the position of jeopardizing the special status it has enjoyed in the state of Florida for more than 50 years?

It’s been more than two years since the Coronavirus upended life in the United States. Today, Americans I come across find themselves in an environment that is at once greatly improved and frustratingly familiar.

Today’s ‘thought of the week’ is not so much a thought but a question, or more accurately, a series of questions. There’s no doubt that economic and geopolitical issues will be top of mind for voters in the coming mid-term elections, but cultural questions, both new and old, are sure to garner attention as well. With an eye to energizing their bases, conservatives and progressives see little downside to fanning polarizing issues.

Although policy and politics never seem to take a break in Washington, the conclusions of the Democrat and Republican Congressional issues’ retreats and the upcoming release of the President’s budget offer something of a spring reset.