Lost in New Jersey

My apologies for the aging, yellow Kodak print of Dad and me examining my diploma after the graduation ceremony on the Notre Dame campus dec...

Leaving the building, two years ago today. (Kim Ancin photo) Two years ago today, I left a job at Verizon where I had spent nearly two decad...

Yesterday Father John Burns, a priest from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee who at one time studied business marketing at the University of No...

Imagine a PR controversy involving Mother Frances Cabrini -- a woman who is, literally, America's first saint. It happened in New Yo...

There is no such thing as accountability if you do your job and the next person can't do their's. Accountability means we all win t...

Earlier this month, Adam Duritz flew to London and shaved his head. With his trademark dreadlocks shorn, the frontman for the rock band...

My ghost Here are three thoughts today as I leave Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic, formerly NYNEX) after 34 years to begin a new chapter...

“Annie Hall” is a favorite old movie. In a favorite scene , a Columbia professor who teaches “TV, Media and Culture” stands in line in a...

What did it take to get the U.S. stock market up and running just days after the 9/11 attacks? What was Steve Jobs like as a business part...

I confess, this is my favorite photo of myself. It's not because of the Ben-Affleck-in-"Argo" haircut and beard. It's ...

Back page of the NY Post the morning after I grew up a Yankees fan, although these past few years I've really only followed the Mets...