The first time I interviewed Charlie Daniels was my first gig as an interviewer. I found him behind the stage sipping whiskey and smoking in a trailer at an outdoor festival from Hell outside Rockingham, North Carolina. Rain fell hard and arcs of electricity popped off a guitar during the set of the aptly-named Wet […]
You know First Lady Melania was an immigrant not long ago, right? I bet some of your favorite people are immigrants. Some of mine are. It is as much a certainty that many of your vegetables and fruit come to you from the hands of immigrants as anything else. Last night I swear I ate […]
When I met one of my mentors, Gunter Heyden, he had earned millions selling his publishing empire. I thought to myself, “If I can work with him closely, I will learn much about business.” Like Jacob for Rachel, I worked with Gunter for seven years, my last two years in close quarters—and when I left […]
