Super Bowl Wardrobe Malfunction

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I generally ignore the two-week promotional buildup to the Super Bowl when the Patriots aren't involved, in the same way I avoid pre-game shows for any sport. But I did happen to catch an interview earlier this week with Sean McManus, Chairman of CBS Sports (the network that's carrying the game). He was asked what his biggest concern was about the live broadcast, the one thing that kept him awake at night. A power failure? A terrorist attack? 

No. 

"A wardrobe malfunction." 

Hillary Clinton Declares Iowa Victory In A Dead Heat

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John Cassidy (in his New Yorker blog post this morning) summarizes a startling demographic result from last night's Democrat caucuses in Iowa: 

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 "The age gap between Clinton supporters and Sanders supporters was huge. According to the entrance polls, which wrongly predicted a Clinton victory, Sanders got eighty-six per cent of the Democratic vote in the seventeen-to-twenty-four age group, eighty-one per cent in the twenty-five-to-twenty-nine group, and sixty-five per cent in the thirty-to-thirty-nine age group. Clinton, by contrast, was largely reliant on the middle-aged and the elderly. Among forty-something voters, she won by five percentage points. Among the over-fifties, she won by more than twenty per cent."

As Bill Belichick would say, "we're on to New Hampshire". 

Breaking News: Newspapers Not Dead Yet

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On a recent Starbucks run in Lexington MA, I parked near a line of newspaper boxes along Massachusetts Avenue, the main drag through this posh suburban town west of Boston, where property values are sky-high.

In Boston and in most of its surrounding communities, newspaper boxes have pretty much fallen into disrepair or been removed as eyesores because of the steep and continuing decline in sales of print-edition newspapers. And in fact, the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald are both long gone from this location.

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What's selling here is Chinese newspapers. In my short time in the parking lot, three different elderly Asian men walked up to the boxes and purchased newspapers, reflecting the dramatic increase in young Asian homeowners in Lexington - two-income couples with high tech jobs, with kids - who have brought Mom and Dad over to live with them. And their newspapers keep them in touch with the world they've left behind.

Hillary's Emails

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What's most troubling here is not that the unclassified emails on her personal server have now been classified "Top Secret", but that they were there at all in the first place. The arrogance, sense of entitlement, and stupidity of her decision as Secretary Of State to do things her way, for her personal convenience, put people and operations at risk and, in my opinion, disqualify her from leading this country as president.

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Death Wish Cofee Super Bowl 50 Commercial!

Sometimes, good things DO happen to good people. 

One of my favorite coffee companies, Death Wish Coffee, has won a major small business competition, and will now see their commercial aired during Super Bowl 50! 

Knowing the size of the viewership, and the cost of an ad during the Super Bowl, this is a huge win for a very worthy small company. 

Congratulations, Death Wish!  I'll be watching for your commercial on Super Bowl Sunday.

How To Sell Lots Of Girl Scout Cookies

Whenever I see kids selling lemonade for a charity (or for a new iPad) on a hot Summer day on the bike trail, I want to tell them (or their hovering parents) "You should be selling cold bottled water!" People would have no problem dropping a dollar for a bottle of water that only costs a dime when bought in bulk. They do it all the time when they're out and about these days.

So I find this Girl Scout's ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit commendable. She will go far in business, if that's the direction she chooses, having learned a good lesson about supply and demand.  

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