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Posts tagged The Fiscal Times

Dec 20

My Writing Elsewhere: On Warby Parker

I’m a little late posting this, but I wrote this piece for the Fiscal Times last week about Warby Parker’s influence on the eyewear industry. They have copycats, they have brick and mortar stores emulating their model, and they may even have the industry behemoth quaking just a little bit.

Above is me, in my Warby Parker glasses, which are fragmenting my face.


May 4

My Writing Elsewhere: On the Slow Death of the American Entrepreneur

In this piece for the Fiscal Times, I look at reasons for the decline of the American entrepreneur, and also learn once and for all how to spell entrepreneur.

The American Entrepreneur: A Dying Breed? (The Fiscal Times)

Above is Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes (with Gwen Stefani) in The Aviator.


UPDATE: It would appear that I still can’t spell entrepreneur, as it was incorrect in the headline of this post all day. Fixed now!


Apr 13

My Writing Elsewhere: On Casinos

In 34 years, we’ve gone from having one state with gambling — you know that’s Nevada — to 22, and the number is growing. I wrote about the phenomenon in this piece for The Fiscal Times.

Above is a photo of of Paul Newman playing poker in The Sting.

States Double Down on Gambling in Quest for Revenues (The Fiscal Times)