I’m a white man. A well-educated professional. I am wealthy and have a modicum of power. I’m not a racist. I believe in the ideals of conservatism, but not with the radical form of it currently in Washington. However, I…
Let me answer that up top—the idea that younger people are somehow more creative than older people is a fallacy. I’m older, I know. And no, I’m not just pleading relevance. There’s an actual reason. I’ve been in the creative…
What Is America’s Brand? When I was a kid, the Vietnam war was winding down and we were all celebrating our nation’s bicentennial. Rocky had just come out and Star Wars was on deck. It was a good time to…
I’ve been around long enough to notice some things. For example, if you want to be successful at ANYTHING you must be willing to laser focus on that thing for a long time. This year I committed to observing the…
Someone out there needs to read this. Act One Twenty-seven years ago this morning I woke up hungover for the last time. The plan was to end my life. Alcohol had convinced me that I had no reason to go…
This summer I was part of a mission trip that traveled to Honduras for a week. The idea was for us to serve God while spreading love to people who didn’t look like us, live like us, talk like us…
Writer. Father to daughters. Husband. Ad man. Raised by wolves. 
