by Artie Isaac | Nov 10, 2007 | On Ethics
Well, I’ve got bad news and I’ve got good news. Which do you want first? The bad news. Two nights ago, we parked Alisa’s wonderful new Toyota Scion xA, a dear little car, on the street in front of our house. We so love this car that the family has...
by Artie Isaac | Nov 6, 2007 | On Ethics
Nothing bores me more than gossip. It’s just so sad and superficial. But it’s the destructive power that disturbs me. Gossip injures everyone in its path. The subject is injured, of course, because his or her reputation is under attack. The speaker is...
by Artie Isaac | Nov 5, 2007 | On Ethics, Unsolicited Suggestions
I don’t care deeply whether the home team wins, even in Columbus, Ohio, where our local Ohio State Buckeyes often and currently sit atop the national rankings of college football teams. (I’m just as happy with our Blue Jackets, who have yet to come of age...
by Artie Isaac | Nov 1, 2007 | On Ethics
After many years of scowling at Halloween — the raising of the dead, the ghoulishness, the begging for and gorging on candy, children dangerously running across slick, leaf covered streets, half blinded by masks, the commercialization of the day, the ruin of the...
by Artie Isaac | Oct 23, 2007 | Living an engaged life, On Ethics, Unsolicited Suggestions
When my father, Arthur J. Isaac, Jr., was well established in his career as a stockbroker, he was a beloved and highly respected member of his firm. He’d been there as long as anyone could remember, through all the corporate transitions: at first, Bache &...
by Artie Isaac | Oct 17, 2007 | Living an engaged life, On Creativity, On Ethics, Unsolicited Suggestions
A couple weeks ago, I heard a speech by Bill Diffenderffer, the Chief Executive Officer of Skybus, a wonderfully innovative, low-cost startup airline. Among his comments, I was struck by his practice of Zen Buddhism in his work, as described in his book The Samurai...
