On June 5, 2004, Ronald Wilson Reagan died. Had he never been elected president he still would have been content with his full life. He survived an alcoholic father, saved scores of lives as a lifeguard, demonstrated his mental agility…
The world has lost a great economist. Alberto Alesina suddenly passed away from cardiac arrest while on a walk with his wife on May 23. He was 63. A prolific researcher, his voice will be missed in the coming years,…
Barry Farber was my pal for over 50 years, since we first met on November 4, 1965. I know the exact date because we were on the air together in a tribute to our mutual friend, the great war correspondent,…
Little Richard died this weekend of bone cancer at 87. He is survived by Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom. Like so many of his records, Little Richard exploded in a burst before quickly disappearing. His “Quasar of Rock ’n’ Roll” nickname seems appropriate….
Paul O’Neill died last week of lung cancer at age 84. Most of the obituaries centered around his tenure as George W. Bush’s Treasury Secretary or his time leading industrial heavyweight Alcoa. Few focused on a key element of O’Neill’s…
Few people know that a Roman Catholic bishop serves in Saudi Arabia. Fewer would know this man’s name or details of his life and work. The most recent bishop of Saudi Arabia, Camillo Ballin, died on Easter Sunday in Rome,…
A pandemic is sweeping the U.S. and Middle East. Coronavirus is spreading among military personnel, undercutting readiness. Washington is broke. Congress voted an emergency stimulus package that costs 40 percent as much as the federal government spent last year. Even…
There is a certain group of nonagenarians whom I expect never to die: Bob Dole, Tom Lehrer, Hal Holbrook, and, until Monday, Max von Sydow. These are people, who, even as young men, acted as if they were old, beaten…
It is with great sadness we learned of the passing of Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School professor and the primary theorist and teacher of Disruptive Theory. He faced many health challenges in his lifetime, but he endured and persevered. Clayton…
