July 12, 2021 New Orleans Since the pandemic began, I’ve been canoeing regularly. When I’m in town, I’m on the water three times a week. I’ve gone from two canoes to five, somehow imagining family and friends out on the water with me on some occasion, no matter how unlikely. I paddle regularly on …
Franchises and Black Capitalism
July 11, 2021 Pearl River A book that came my way, courtesy of Father’s Day, thank you my loves, turned out to be surprisingly interesting. Marcia Chatelain, a history professor at Georgetown, had written Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America. I approached the book with some trepidation, fearful that this was going to be …
Biden’s Scattershot Regulatory Strategy
July 10, 2021 Pearl River President Biden in a new executive order seems to be signally to a wide-range of corporations and industries, Congress, and the American people that if he can’t get the job done with a well targeted shot, then he’ll try a scattershot approach and see how many targets he can bring …


