A real cool hand
In the climactic scene in the movie “Cool Hand Luke,” Luke defiantly exclaims, “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” How true that sentiment is today. Let’s start with a few questions. If you wrote an email or sent a
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Are you trustworthy?
I just finished an amazing biography written by Robert Coram called – “American Patriot – the Life and Wars of Col. Bud Day. I think it should be required reading in all high schools. As I read about Col. Day’s
Anniversaries
Celebrating anniversaries is a big part of our culture. Some are joyful, like wedding anniversaries. This August my wife and I plan to celebrate our 37th. Others are more profound and remind us of heroic accomplishments that forever changed history.
The essence of golf, or maybe not
Virtually every golf fan I know is up in arms about the announced merger between Saudi-backed LIV and our own venerable PGA Tour. In a nutshell, the Saudi’s, through its $620 Billion Public Investment Fund, can buy its way into
Flint Whitlock or Instagram
Social media is one of those really controversial issues that isn’t going away. Nearly everyone uses some aspect of it. For example, according to DemandSage, Instagram has an astounding 2.35 billion users. I don’t consider myself one of them, and
Freedom to or freedom from
Freedom to or freedom from A recent article in the Wall Street Journal has me riled up. In “The Bright side of Biden v Trump” by Ira Stoll, the author tries to make the point that since both candidates talk incessantly
A new perspective on income inequality
A new perspective on income inequality No one is predestined for success, and no one is predestined for failure. There are individuals who begin life with all the perceived advantages yet fail, while others born with all the perceived disadvantages go
Would socialism actually be better?
German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel contended that the State is the march of God on Earth. German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel contended that the State is the march of God on Earth. Put another way, Hegel believed that
Artificial Intelligence, lots of questions
Artificial Intelligence, lots of questions This edition of Kayes Views focuses on Artificial Intelligence, in response to a very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal – “Should Robots With Artificial Intelligence Have Moral or Legal Rights?” by Daniel Akst. Those
My new book is out!
Check it out on my author’s website: https://kayesbooks.com/Mike-Kayes-Books.asp This book is a compilation of monthly investment newsletters I wrote between 1996 and 2022. Over my career, I wrote about our culture, our country, politics, morality, hopes and fears, heroes and villains.