ESSAYS/NEWS
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FedEx’s Runway
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On a night in April 1973, in the city of Memphis, where the Mississippi bends and the summer air smells of barbecue smoke and jet…
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HKFP the Protest Cash Cow Is Dead. Now the Real Questions Begin.
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Hong Kong Free Press just published its 2025 Transparency Report. The headline: a record HK$1.9 million deficit. Income down 54% from the 2020 peak. Staff…
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The Interview
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On tambourines, portfolios, and the difference between a town that already knows your grandmother and a city that wants to know your handicap. In Hong…
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UPS’s Basement
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On ownership, belonging, and what happens when the company Jim Casey built measures its future in the people it no longer needs. On August 28,…
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The Sunday City: A Second Hong Kong
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Every week, Hong Kong transforms. Most people who live here don’t even notice. Hong Kong runs on domestic helpers. This is not a metaphor. There…
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The Suitcase of Bricks
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There is a moment, and I can tell you the exact moment, when I stopped believing that my way of doing things was the correct…
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How Adams Lost Its Christmas Spirit Twice
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When I was seven years old, the town of Adams, Massachusetts, strung lights on Park Street for the last time. I did not know it…
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The Secrets of Its Success
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Fortune published a piece this week calling C.H. Robinson an AI success story, which can be found here: https://archive.ph/jEKby. The headline said the company achieved…
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The People Who Left
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Now the other ones. The ones who left. Not the activists. Not the people who testified before Congress and got book deals and speaking fees…