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Out of a Swamp Comes a New Dawn
Katrina was 5 years ago. Horrible tragedy. But sometimes you make lemonade out of lemons. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, John Rockefeller donated money to fund the University of Chicago....
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Breakfast Links
Was at Excelerate Labs tonight. 10 cool companies. One that looks particularly cool is The Exchangery. Expectations matter. Tip of the hat to Greg Mankiw. Before you get hysterical about tornadoes and...
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Nawlins Breakfast Links
Last night was the Iberia Bank Victory Ball at the National World War Two Museum. Next years ball is June 8. Put it on your calendar and come on down. Last night Harry Connick Sr, that is correct,...
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Talk to Your Veterans-Listen to Them and Thank Them
Veterans Day happens every year. Sometimes we forget them. Veterans get lost in the shuffle between sales at stores and pageantry at sporting events. Fly overs and big flags. One of my favorite...
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Take A Moment To Remember
On this day in 1941, the United States was changed forever. Japan launched a well planned sneak attack on Pearl Harbor destroying much of the US Pacific Naval fleet. FDR hastily convened Congress the...
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WOW Part Two
Yesterday we formally opened the Boeing Pavilion at the National World War Two Museum in New Orleans. What an amazing space. You simply have to go down and see it in person. All the planes, the USS...
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The Guns At Last Light
Rick Atkinson is out with his third book on the war in Europe. I have read an advance copy and it is splendid. Atkinson is a tremendous writer and brings things to the story that I didn’t know...
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Breakfast Links
Was at a KIPP Chicago event last night. Support charter schools where you can. Gary Comer College Prep does a darned good job too. Maximizing human capital potential via education is the human...
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Barrel Samples
If you have ever been wine tasting, you may have had a chance to taste wines right out of the barrel. It’s a lot of fun. I have been lucky to taste wines out of the barrel several times. Wine barrel...
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Robotics Challenges Bring Yesterday’s Lessons to Today
What a great weekend it was in New Orleans. The National World War Two Museum hosted a robotics competition for middle schoolers. Some amazing innovations were discovered and implemented during...
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Wow, What A Game
I was up late watching the triple OT Hawks game. Wow. Might have been the best game I have ever seen. Two teams competing extremely hard. Both goaltenders were pretty magnificent in the net. Hard...
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In Washington DC
I am in Washington DC today for a World War Two Museum board meeting. Yesterday, I rented a bike share for $7 and rode around the monuments. It’s a fantastic way to get around DC. The traffic isn’t...
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Jazz is the American Music
Last night I was at the Chicago Theater and saw the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Allen Toussaint, Haley Reinhardt, Kurt Elling, and the Preservation Hall Band. Irvin Mayfield was the master of...
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City, Suburb or Country? Where to Live
GDP was 4.1%. Shocking. It’s the first time during the Obama presidency that GDP has registered real growth. Under 3% is anemic. It shows me that even with bad government policy at virtually all...
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Touch Me. Live Versus Virtual
Last night, my family and I went to see a live show at City Winery in Chicago. If you have been following us on Tumblr, you’d know that we did something different for Christmas this year. Each of us...
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What Is The Permanent Value of Beauty?
I am headed down to New Orleans this morning. Tonight I will be lucky to see the premiere of the movie, Monuments Men. My friend Robert Edsel did the research, and wrote the book the movie is based...
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I Am Not A Travellin’ Man
I like to travel. Except when I get hung up traveling. I got hung up in New Orleans. Admittedly, there are worse places to get hung up. But, thousands of people just came in for a convention, so there...
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The Snopocolypse in Atlanta
We are stuck in Atlanta. They got two inches of snow yesterday and it shut the entire city down. We approached Atlanta from the south, and it took 6 hours to get to where we finally stopped. I have...
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What is Memorial Day About?
Yesterday I was riding my bike along the Chicago lakefront. I saw an older gentleman holding hands and walking with his wife by Navy Pier. He had a hat on, and it showed he was once an Airborne...
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How Do You Disrupt Education?
When I was at the TechStars Chicago practice pitches, I got to see a company called ClutchPrep. Clutch Prep uses videos to tutor out of textbooks students use. It’s pretty innovative. There are more...
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