Ten Mile Traffic Jam in the Desert, or, Trump Holds Rally in Fountain Hills, AZ [Editor’s Note: does writing about Donald Trump boost traffic? We’ll see . . . 🙂 ] Finishing a brief trip to AZ (feel better, Mom!), I headed from my parents’ place in Scottsdale to Fountain Hills yesterday morning for...Read More
. . . . American Flag (What Did You Think I Meant?!?) [Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway, or any other entity referenced.] If you find yourself in the vicinity of Palm Beach, FL (like I was very briefly last week), and...Read More
New Investing Stat: “Who’s Made the Most Money for the Most People?” [Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway, or any other entity referenced.] Statistics geeks realized a long time ago that an individual athlete’s numbers don’t necessarily tell the whole story....Read More
“The Democratic Party was once a big brass band marching through the streets”loud, dissonant, there. “I’m not a member of any organized party,” Will Rogers famously said. “I’m a Democrat.” For generations Democrats repeated that line as a brag. They knew disorganized meant vital, creative, spontaneous, passionate”alive.” –Peggy Noonan, “Primary Preview: The Brawl vs. The...Read More
Is Trump Sui Generis?** [Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway, or any other entity referenced.] Since trashing Donald Trump is — as the Wall Street boys might put it — a (very) “crowded trade” at the moment, let me play the contrarian...Read More
Effect of Internet, Social Media: Faster Political Cycle(s) [Reader warning: the following piece contains opinions likely to offend Republicans, Democrats, and members of various other political parties. If you identify as one of those . . . stop reading now! The views expressed are solely those of the author.] One theory extant in presidential politics...Read More
