We start this week with the realization that we now live in what George Friedman, PhD., founder and chairman of Strafor Global Intelligence, calls the “Post-Post-Cold War World.” He freely admits it is a poor name, but it is the only one he has at the moment. The “Post-Cold War World” was a world dominated…
We live in a celebrity-obsessed culture. In case you didn’t know it, Peyton Manning lost the Super Bowl. I thought that was a forgone conclusion because, based on the media hype beforehand, the game was Peyton Manning against the entire Seattle Seahawks defense. When I turned on the game I discovered that there were in…
Good morning, As a result of the winter storm and resulting city/business/school closures in Atlanta, most of the Iron Capital staff is working from home today. Rest assured that the firm is open and the team is able to conduct all essential businesss operations remotely. A skeleton staff will be able to make it into…
Never let logic, reason or pesky things like facts get in the way of a compelling headline. That must be the mantra of the financial press these days. It reminds me of a scene from “Pirates of the Caribbean; The Curse of the Black Pearl.” (As our long-term readers know, there is very little one…
The other night I had the pleasure of watching my two favorite college basketball teams win. There was a time when that was not unusual, but the last few years have been tough for my Wake Forest Demon Deacons. As a Wake alum, the Deacons are of course my favorite team. My second favorite team…
