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Healthcare Revolution in Full Swing

by John December 22, 2015

Don’t you hate people saying, “I told you so?” Well, hate me. The healthcare revolution is happening. And I have been saying this for nearly two years now. And I couldn’t be prouder. Liberty HealthShare membership has grown six-fold from the beginning of 2015 until today. Here are the numbers. On January 1, 2015, Liberty […]

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Lessons from Steve Harvey: How to Be and Hire a Good Emcee

by John December 22, 2015

Steve Harvey’s flub at the Miss Universe Pageant is a classic of what you don’t do as a host or emcee. I feel sorry for Steve Harvey. He really caused a ton of angst needlessly. In this post, let’s look at what is a real, professional host. Self-serving? Yes. Ironically, I was prepping this post […]

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Giles Pace: My Prescient Buddy Who Left Us Too Early

by John December 18, 2015

  (This is another remembrance of my friend Giles Pace who died recently of cancer. Giles was a trusted news source and sounding board on foreign policy and defense issues.  Although I could never quote him directly, his wife Margaret said I could finally reveal all that Giles has done for me and the world.  […]

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Healthcare Seems Outrageous: Not To These Folks

by John December 11, 2015

Why would you just accept that outrageous quote for your healthcare for next year without looking at an alternative? And I am talking about an alternative that is cost-effective, healthy, and recognized under the Affordable Care Act, so you are not subject to the fines and penalties for not having insurance. Let me introduce you […]

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San Bernardino: 9/11 Style Jolt

by John December 4, 2015

Is it just me? Does this attack in San Bernardino hit you differently? It is different from the other domestic mass shootings. It is also different from the “for-sure” terrorist attacks we’ve seen overseas in Paris and Mali. This one is excessively chilling for what it portends. This could change a lot of things for […]

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NFL Week 13: Media Bias; LA Relocation News; Horrible Refs; Pats = Monty Python

by John December 3, 2015

Week 13: plenty of great games with lots of implications. But we also have some great story lines and issues. All teams have 5 games left. And do we really have a good read on the Super Bowl yet? I don’t think so. We will talk about the undefeated Panthers can they go undefeated? And […]

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Trump National Charlotte: A Touch of Pebble Beach

by John December 3, 2015

Here’s a story I produced at Trump National Charlotte. I was emceeing the Dan Jansen Celebrity Golf Classic. And Dan’s wife Karen Palacios-Jansen gave me the rundown before I played it. And then Tim Apple offered his on-course analysis of the greens. And yes, this place has a touch of Pebble Beach. If you know […]

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Christmas for Golf Nuts

by John December 3, 2015

Looking for the perfect gift for the golf nut on your Christmas list? Give them this guy: Al Cloyd. This is a recent video I did with him. He is known as Doctor Grind, but he does a lot more than just grind down the bounce on your clubs. He can fit you for the […]

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Leap of Faith Environmentalist

by John November 30, 2015

To ensure my middle of the road bona fides, I have declared myself a Kierkegaard “Leap of Faith” Environmentalist. And to ensure my professors at Providence College, like Paul Seaver, still understand how much my Western Civ classes meant to me, I shall explain. Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher who is attributed to the […]

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Foreign Policy Like Old Jewish Mom Joke

by John November 24, 2015

An old Jewish Mom joke goes like this. A Jewish mother buys her son a brown tie and a blue tie. The next morning he’s wearing the brown tie. The Jewish mom says, “You didn’t like the blue tie?” That is our nation’s response to foreign-policy – especially the mess in the Middle East. Right […]

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