A Former Harrods Employee Accuses Al-Fayed of Trafficking
And now the cover gets blown off of the story about London's version of Harvey Weinstein. Eventually the truth comes out and the price is…
Who Might Be the Next Archbishop of Canterbury
Well, well! Looks like the Church of England has the same disease as the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America! Namely, the abuse…
TD Bank Pleads Guilty and Pays $3 Billion to Settle Money Laundering Case
It was not that long ago that we witnessed the venerable Wells Fargo having to face the music for incredibly despicable practices,…
Months Before Ethiopian Crash Boeing Turned Aside Carrier’s Questions
And so the downfall of America's once greatest manufacturing company, if not the world's greatest...continues!!! Sometime in the…
Yoga to the People Founder Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
What can you even say about this? Brazen? Idiotic? What did he think was the cover he was protected by? Doesn't even seem to have been one.…
Shock in French Court Shown Videos of Men Accused of Raping Drugged Woman
It boggles the mind! Pure depravity with a capital D! What else can be said. How did this sick puppy and all the others who participated…
Ex-Officer Testifies Against His Former Colleagues in Tyre Nichols’s Death
"Omerta!" The code of silence/ agreement among criminals, to avoid interference with the illegal activities of others! Particularly…
Norfolk Southern Fires C.E.O. After Ethics Investigation
There are a couple of fascinating things about this stunning example of how true it is that "What Goes Around Comes Around!" To begin with…
Peter Nygard, Former Fashion Mogul, Is Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
He was convicted in Toronto of sexually assaulting four women in his company’s headquarters and also faces trials in Montreal, Winnipeg and…
NASA Extends Boeing Starliner Astronauts’ Space Station Stay to 2025
Aha!!! More evidence of Boeing management's decline from the teams that built America's greatest manufacturing company and largest…
George Santos Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Identity Theft
Has it ever not been obvious that it was just a matter of time before George Santos got served his rightful medicine? Of course it is the…
Justice Thomas Failed to Reveal More Private Flights
Is it true that where there's smoke, there's fire? Looks like we are in the process of finding out in the case of Supreme Court Justice…
He Took His 68-Year-Old Secret to Court and Finally Confronted His Ghost
Robin Davis spent a long career in finance and philanthropy, haunted by what had happened to him as a boy. Could an unusual trial on Long…
California education official embezzled over $16 million
Isn’t it true that they do come in all sizes and shapes? This gent thought he had a fool-proof way to take a good position in a school…
What a Professor’s Firing Shows About Sexual Harassment in China
It seems it is no less true in China than here! The word “Karma,” "The Law of Cause & Effect,” and the meaning behind the popular…
Ex Goldman Sachs Associate Gets 28 Months for Insider Trading
Foolish boy! He heard the words many times, but ever learned..."What Goes around Comes Around!" (...Omg, you mean it is true?)
States and Creditors for Purdue Pharma Threaten Sacklers With Gush of Lawsuits
It was a shocker when it came out a while ago, that the Sackler family might succeed in not only ducking out on their legal liabilities and…
Astronauts Are Not Stuck on the ISS says Boeing
I'm not saying that this article describing a somewhat scary and concerning situation is not 100% truthful. But seeing who it is from, ie:…
How Boeing CEO’s Catastrophic Reign Could Become Criminal
Actually, what is emerging now is just the tip of the iceberg, of the most significant fraud in American corporate history! In fact, the…
Neil Goldschmidt Portland Mayor Who Abused Teenager Dies at 83
Another sad story about someone who could have been remembered for all the good things he did. Instead, however, he’ll forever be known as…
Paul Pressler Disgraced Christian Conservative Leader Dies at 94
The first thing I thought when I saw this was, “how must this obituary headline make his family, siblings, children, grandchildren feel?…
What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast
Looks like its just a matter of time before Senator Bob Menendez will run out of maneuvers to avoid "the Light of Truth" finding him in the…
Sean Combs Charged with Sex Trafficking
For quite a while Sean Combs was on an upward trajectory, eventually reaching the pinnacle of a large and profitable business. How he got…
Nine People Arrested in $14.5 Million Gold Heist
It makes you wonder, right? What must have these nine people have been thinking, in order for them to take part in this fiasco? Was it…
How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Sentence Compares With Other White-Collar Cases
This is a big one, ie: example of "the law" unfolding. He's only 31years old and already Sam Bankman-Fried is on trial for one of the most…
Charlie Hustle
While reading this story, I could almost picture Pete Rose, super-star of my "Babe Ruth League" baseball youth, like it was yesterday.…
Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ Police
This article reminds me of stories about gangs of white boys from all-white neighborhoods carrying baseball bats and going hunting to find…
Weirdly Warm Winter Has Climate Fingerprints
Is it true that "What Goes Around Comes Around?" Well, how about a global example, because we just experienced the hottest February on…
Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bribing Sen. Bob Menendez
Looks like its just a matter of time before Senator Bob Menendez will run out of maneuvers to avoid "the Light of Truth" finding him in the…
Supreme Court Allows the $2.4 Billion Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Deal
This article highlights the gruesome parallel of abuse shared by "The Boy Scouts of America" and "The Catholic Church!" When discussing the…
Jonathan Majors Had a History of Abuse in Relationships
What was it in his development that led him to believe he existed in a kind of protective bubble that would make it ok for him to be…
Scores of N.Y. Public Housing Workers Charged in Record Corruption Case
Wow, this one was a doozie! What happened here, is that in order to be more timely in fixing things like faulty furnaces not providing…
Israeli Women Fight on Front Line in Gaza
The ultimate example of "The Law of Cause & Effect" on a global level. What do you think about it? What's important is for each person to…
U.S. Engine Maker Will Pay $1.6 Billion to Settle Claims of Emissions Cheating
Wow! Who would have thought that following the spectacular hit that Volkswagen took from the emissions scandal it perpetrated, ie: more…
Unsealed Documents Shed Light on Epstein’s Misdeeds
Hopefully this will be the last blog entry about Mr. Epstein. I just received a little chill down my spine from the reminder that he got…
Willie Nelson’s Sense of Style
Being a Willie Nelson fan with a couple of his songs in my performing repertoire and many others I can sing along with, I found this…
Claudine Gay Turmoil Forces Harvard’s Secretive ‘Corporation’ Into Spotlight
Now even Harvard University takes its place as a fascinating example of "The Law of Cause & Effect" in action. It is happening as the most…
Jury Orders Giuliani to Pay $148 Million to Election Workers He Defamed
Could there possibly be an example with greater clarity than this one, that "What Goes Around Comes Around?" I'm sending Rudy a gift copy…
Binance Founder Pleads Guilty to Violating Money Laundering Rules
So now another “Bad Boy” of crypto bites the dust to join Bankman-Fried, as Chengpen Zhau the Binance billionaire CEO’s bad actions are…
Hamas’s Bloody Gambit to Create a Permanent State of War
The ultimate example of "The Law of Cause & Effect" on a global level. What do you think about it? What's important is for each person to…
China Is Lending Billions to Countries in Financial Trouble
In following the demise of FTX and it's Founder Sam Bankman-Fried, we just witnessed how "The Law of Cause & Effect" relates to companies…
Peter Nygard Former Fashion Mogul Convicted of Sexual Assault
So, another monster is removed from circulation and will join Harvey Weinstein, and the rest of the #MeToo crowd cooling their heels in…
FIFA Bars Former Spanish Soccer Chief for 3 Years
In a Spanish #MeToo moment, the former president of Spain's soccer federation has been suspended for three years after planting a…
For Israel a War Unlike Any Other
There is a "Law of Cause & Effect" moral here for both sides. Netanyahu lost his compass becoming obsessed with his own legal issues,…
Fallen Crypto Mogul Convicted
So now we know that he wasn’t able to finesse his way out of this the way he’d hoped he could. Life as he’s known is is over for Sam…
Goldman Insider Trader Gets 3 Years in ‘Squash Buddies’ Case
Here's the thing about this joker's story. In the few years leading up to 2011, more than 100 hedge fund managers and other investors were…
Prosecutors Turn Sam Bankman-Fried’s Own Words Against Him
It is not going well for Sam Bankman-Fried, and although with a jury trial there's always the possibility of a hung-jury or acquittal, I'd…
Its Even True For Bananas
I find myself frequently taking notice of stories reported about people behaving in ways that end up having repercussions in their lives.…
The Botched Hunt for the Gilgo Beach Killer
The fact that it took twelve years to catch this killer, just informs us that he was particularly charming, smart, brutal and cunning.…
Judge Won’t Let Alex Jones Use Bankruptcy to Avoid Sandy Hook Damages
Who will shed a tear with me for the dilemma facing Alex Jones? "What Goes Around Comes Around" Alex. It's the "Karma" you've created for…
Sam Bankman-Fried Steered Misuse of Funds
This is a big one, ie: example of "the law" unfolding. He's only 31years old and already Sam Bankman-Fried is on trial for one of the most…
Crypto Goes on Trial as Sam Bankman-Fried Faces His Reckoning
Ok, so accepting that all people, even those who stand accused of some crime, are presumed innocent until proven guilty, how would Sam…
He’s a Dab of Glue in a Broken City. Can He Hold It Together
In America’s overwhelmed downtowns, private security guards like Michael Bock have become the solution of last resort.
Trump Co-Defendant in Georgia Election Interference Case Pleads Guilty
Scott Hall's decision to "work "with the prosecution" in return for relatively minor punishment, sounds to me like a major breakthrough for…
Jimmy Carter admirers across generations celebrate the former president’s 99th birthday
Talk about making lemonade out of lemons! Now we know that Jimmy was essentially cheated out of his second term as President. But how he…
Judge Rules Trump Committed Fraud, Stripping Control of Key Properties
So, the first shoe drops. The only thing that remains to be determined, in this case at least, is the size of the monetary penalty that…
Jann Wenner’s Rock Hall Reign Lasted Years. It Ended in 20 Minutes
He was the co-founder and editor of Rolling Stone Magazine and ruled over the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for years. Rock & Roll royalty for…
Former Wells Fargo Executive Avoids Prison in Sham Accounts Scandal
Who would have suspected that for years the highly revered Wells Fargo, was actually systematically & egregiously screwing its clients, in…
Mattel’s Windfall From ‘Barbie’
When I saw the Barbie film it was the week after seeing Oppenheimer in the same theatre. It was one of those multi-theater complexes…
President of Powerful Realtors’ Group Resigns After Sexual Harassment Claims
As the President of the powerful National Association of Realtors, Kenny Parcell had the power to either be helpful and nuturing to the…
Former Cardinal McCarrick Found Unfit for Trial Over Sexual Abuse
In the past when stories like this have come up, I have noted what a wonder it is to me, how an entity that provides comfort to so many…
Spanish Soccer Chief Finds His Defenders Backing Away
It remains to be seen how this ends up playing out. However, Luis Rubiales the President of the Spanish Soccer Federation, has by virtue of…
10 California Officers Face Corruption Charges in F.B.I. Inquiry
One of the things that I find a combination of fascinating and scary as hell, is the role that having "compatriots in evil actions," plays…
Queens Doctor Charged With Drugging and Assaulting Patients on Camera
Oh no! Not another one! It boggles the mind that after all that work, all that education, all the support received from family and loved…
Epstein Victim May Pursue Claims Against Two Wall St. Executives
Seeing this article leaves me wondering what went through the minds of Staley and Black when confronted with the temptation of having sex…
Supreme Court Pauses Opioid Settlement With Sacklers Pending Review
How's this? Thank goodness that the Supreme Court has paused the horrendous opioid settlement with the Sackler family, for further…
Doctor Who Abused Women Sentenced to 20 Years Imprisonment
As with so many of these kinds of cases where bad people get away with doing their nasty crimes for a long time, before something or…
Joe Lewis Billionaire Owner of Tottenham Hotspur Is Charged With Insider Trading
What is apparent from reading this story about the billionaire Joe Lewis and the litany of others he included in his supposed acts of…
Former Church Minister Charged With 1975 Murder of 8-Year-Old Girl
It is such a sad and tragic story, obviously for Gretchen to have her life ended so early, but also for her family and friends having to…
Gilgo Beach Suspect’s Home Held a 279 Weapon Arsenal and a Walk-In Vault
This is an entirely different aspect of how "The Law of Cause & Effect" works, than was illustrated by the case of Gynecologist Robert…
Suspect Arrested in Serial Killings of Women Near Gilgo Beach
It is at once at horrific story of depravity and horror for the families and victims preyed on by Rex Heuermann and at the same time an…
In Texas, Dead Fish and Red-Faced Desperation
All those many centuries ago when The Buddha addressed his flock, he told them that even a single act of stupidity, thoughtlessness or…
Heat Records Are Broken Around the Globe as Earth Warms, Fast
When the Buddha was plying his craft he was known to advise certain individuals, that it was possible they might get away with modest…
The Latecomer’s Guide to TikTok
It has become impossible to ignore TikTok. It’s been a hugely popular short-form video app for hyperkinetic bursts of self-expression for…
How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality
If ever there was an example of the price potentially paid by influential people making promotional statements, plus getting paid large…
Key Figure in ‘Heinous’ Murder Scheme Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison
It is one of the most heinous, "underbelly of life" stories I've ever heard. The fact that these kinds of things actually happen in life,…
Victims of Convicted Gynecologist Confront Him in Sentencing Hearing
How warped does a person have to be to go through all that education, just to abuse the patients they serve. He got away with it for way…
Coast Guard Apologizes for Covering Up Long History of Sexual Assault
This article refers to the cover-up of at least 62 incidents of rape, sexual assault, & sexual harassment at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy,…
Bill Cosby Admission About Quaaludes Offers Accusers Vindication
So after all the accusations and denials, the truth is finally revealed about Bill Cosby's lifetime of raping young women, who were…
JPMorgan to Pay $290 Million in Settlement With Epstein’s Victims
Just goes to show that "The Law of Cause & Effect" is just as active on an institutional level, as in the lives of individuals. Of course,…
‘Forever Chemicals’ Makers Settle Public Water Lawsuits
How discouraging that American corporations would engage in such low-life behavior, regarding such an important subject as our drinking…
JPMorgan Faces Reckoning for Long Ties With Jeffrey Epstein
Considering that the most fundamental, cornerstone Principle of any "financial services" business, is the "Know Your Customer Rule," Jamie…
Elizabeth Holmes Reports to Prison
It is now official! Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of blood testing company Theranos, woke up today in the federal prison, F.P.C. Byran.…
The Mountain of FTX Evidence
The case against Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX is looking like it may be the most complex example of corporate malfeasance in history. Yet from…
Nearly 2000 children abused by Catholic leaders in Illinois
Shades of western Pennsylvania a few years ago, where it came to light that more than 1,500 children had been sexually victimized by…
Untangling Rosalind Franklin’s Role in DNA Discovery
So interesting how "The Law of Cause and Effect" plays out. In this case it involves a scientist whose contribution to the discovery of DNA…
Carlson’s Text That Alarmed Fox Leaders
I don't mean this example of "The Law of Cause & Effect" as any kind of political statement on my part. But it is perfect proof, that "What…
Former Audi Chief to Plead Guilty in Emissions Scandal
What do you call a company that is a global, household name, known for it's engineering brilliance and production ingenuity, that has now…
Prince William got large sum in Murdoch phone hacking settlement
So, we don’t know exactly what a “very large sum” means, but apparently Harry also has an “axe to grind” with the Murdochs. Moreover,…
Ousted NBC Executive Jeff Shell Loses $43.3 Million
Ouch! The Law of Cause & Effect is tough, but always in exactly the right proportion to the input it receives. Of course we're only seeing…
Jeff Shell out at NBC
This is the same Universal that went through the Matt Lauer fiasco, yet Jeff Shell thought it was ok to have a secret affair with a…
N.F.L. Suspends Five Players for Gambling
Makes you want to scratch your head in wondering...WHY? Here are five strapping young NFL players who had family and friends and teachers…
JPMorgan’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein Were Deeper
Is this the "mother" of all "What Goes Around Comes Around" illustrations? Time will tell, but it's likely that Jamie Dimon is not too…
What’s Next for Dominion After Settlement With Fox News?
This victorious Dominion case against Fox News and Rupert Murdoch's gang of liars, is another reminder and confirmation of the age-old…
The End of Faking It in Silicon Valley
How is it that all these people caught up in this mess did not know, that as the article enlightens, "playing fast and loose with the truth…
Judge Imposes Sanction on Fox for Withholding Evidence
It seems almost silly that the lawyers defending Fox News in the Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit, would actually exacerbate the already…
Rupert Murdoch Can Be Forced to Testify in Defamation Trial
This would appear to be good news for the Dominion voting machine folks and bad news for the Fox News' Principles. Of course, they are…
Jeffrey Epstein Bites Again
Here’s a whopper, Just the fact that JPMorgan’s name is mentioned in the same sentence as Jeffrey Epstein's, is already a black eye for the…
Fox News Suffers Major Setback in Defamation Case
We'll see what happens with the Fox News / Dominion Voting Systems $1.6Billion lawsuit, but at this moment it is not looking good for Fox.…
SVB’s Collapse Proves the World’s Favorite Safe Asset is NOT Risk-Free
Is there anyone on the planet who doesn't know that banks large and small have just gone through the wringer because of a fairly simple…
Another crypto mess
Here’s another example of how “Ignorance Is Not Bliss,” when it comes to “Cause & Effect,” particularly for the celebs who are being…
The Law of Cause & Effect in action with a Crypto twist!
The Law of Cause & Effect in action with a Crypto twist! How Onetime Crypto Titan Do Kwon Became a Fugitive. South Korean Do Kwon…
Ja Morant’s Impact Can Be Bigger Than Basketball
It should be noted that the Principle of Life we refer to as What Goes Around Comes Around works both ways! Yes, in this blog we often…
Real-Estate Broker Pleads Guilty in Homeless-Shelter Bribery Scheme
What does two shady characters conspiring to cheat the effort to provide shelter and other services to homeless people, to the tune of…
Ex-Goldman banker Ng sentenced to 10 years
Well, we sure got this answer to Roger's pleas for leniency, fast! Namely, ten years in the hoosegow. No surprise there. This blog is…
Ex-Goldman Banker Ng Says Malaysian Jail Was ‘Absolute Hell’
It is some kind of incomprehensible how Roger & his henchmen thought they could pull off this caper. They must have thought they had…
Russia’s Human Wave Attacks Are Another Step Into Hell
Reading this story, I now believe it is a virtual certainty that Putin will fail in his efforts to subdue Ukraine. I put a high probability…
London Police Officer Sentenced to Life for Rape and Sexual Abuse
We wrote about this person recently, wondering how Officer Carrick thought he'd finesse serially raping 12 women over a 17 year period, all…
Making the world a more hygienic, sustainable, and equitable place
It should be noted that the Principle of Life we refer to as What Goes Around Comes Around works both ways! Yes, in this blog we often…
London Police Officer Admits to 49 Charges of Sexual Abuse
A story like this is one of the reasons why people question the veracity of the idea that "What Goes Around Comes Around." Anyone knowing…
The Long Arm of the Law of Cause & Effect
A simply incredible story of tenacity, tireless pursuit of the truth and technology coming together to reveal the facts about a horrific…
Former U.S.C. Official Sentenced to Six Months for Role in College Admissions Scandal
Dr. Donna Heinel was the "Inside Person" at U.S.C. who collaborated with William Singer in his scheme dubbed "Operation Varsity Blues." The…
Woman Accuses Steven Tyler of Sexually Assaulting Her in the 1970s
The long arm of "The Law of Cause & Effect" strikes again! I'm sure that Steven Tyler, the frontman of the iconic rock group Aerosmith…
Two associates of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried have pleaded guilty
What happens when three or more people put their heads together about how to take advantage of others' thirst for wealth, in order to…
The Parents in the Middle of FTX’s Collapse
In the American banking/brokerage system, investors assets are segregated from those of their custodians. That is the case, so that if the…
Ex-Theranos President Balwani Gets 13-Year Prison
I wonder about when this train actually went off the rail and Balwani and Holmes both knew it. It reminds me somewhat of Bernie Madoff's…
Florida Ex-Congressman Arrested Over Secret Contract
It is a source of never-ending amazement how people can put themselves into such convoluted situations and positions as this guy has done…
Two Fintechs Fueled Extensive Pandemic Relief Fraud
Wouldn't it be nice to think that the government efforts to help businesses get though the worst part of the pandemic, would have been met…
Five New Haven Officers Charged in Paralysis of Black Man
Is $100million too much to award someone for the tragic results described in this article? It is a question for others to determine, but it…
Court Appears Ready to End Special Master Review
It just is looking like the folks on the Supreme Court, especially the ones nominated by the former President, do not want to project any…
HFC Comeback Event
This was HFC's first major post-covid event. It was held in the magnificent ballroom of the Plaza Hotel, in NYC. Since then, we've had a…
French Cardinal’s Admission Renews Scrutiny of Church Sexual Abuse
Who could have made up a story such as this? Even the greatest imagination would not have conceived that one of the most prolific religious…
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
When I saw this notice, what came to mind was the tremendous satisfaction the people involved with all elements of the project must receive…
Les Moonves and Paramount to Pay $9.75 Million for Sexual Misconduct
Aha! I had been wondering recently what happened to Les Moonves. Until being "outed" by the investigative journalist Ronan Farrow, he was a…
Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Will Submit to Government Oversight
Over and over we have heard this story of Catholic priests abusing children, not just in the U.S. but globally. The over-riding question of…
Emerson’s Roadmap and Guiding Principles
Of all the inspiring writers and “thinkers” I have studied, I have to say that Ralph Waldo is at the very top of my list. What better goals…
Emerson on How to Trust Yourself and What Solitude Really Means
Into this Blog of events unfolding that prove the fundamental law of nature and human existence we know as "The Law of Cause & Effect,”…
After Hitting No 62 Aaron Judge Acknowledges Pressure of Chase
I think I speak for all sports fans when I say that this story is one of the most inspiring and even heart-warming examples of how true it…
Woman Rented Luxury Apartments for NYC
Wow! here we have a real-life "gun moll" defined as the female companion of a male professional criminal, in this case a lot of criminals.…
Victoria and Albert Museum Reverses Course and Removes Sackler Name
Great to see the evil Sackler family be getting their just due, as one after another of the cultural institutions which had taken their…
How McKinsey Got Into the Business of Addiction
So the world's leading consulting company doesn't only park their ethics at the door by helping the evil Sackler family sell more opioids…
McKinsey Charged in South African Corruption Case
First, two of the highest earning partners at McKinsey were forced out because of their roles helping the evil Sackler family to sell more…
Vatican Disciplined Nobel Laureate Bishop Over Child Abuse Claims
Some path here, from a Nobel Laureate to "disciplinary restrictions" stemming from allegations that he had raped and abused teenage boys.…
Robert Sarver loses his Phoenix teams
We wrote recently that Robert Sarver, the trash mouthed and offensive owner of the Phoenix based NBA and WNBA basketball teams had been…
Roger Federer A Career of Major Successes
Has there ever been an athlete in any sport who has achieved both the ultimate heights of success of Roger Federer and also the grace,…
The Unexpected Power of Random Acts of Kindness
...And here is a genuine story about how even minimal effort to bring comfort to another human can result in outsized and wonderful…
NBA Fines and Suspends Phoenix Suns Owner for Misconduct
Sometimes people forget who they are, where they are and who they are speaking to or about. They lose perspective on what is ok to do or…
DNA Used to Identify Both Victim and Killer In 1988 Murder
Increasingly we see stories about the use of DNA to solve crimes, some committed years before, that most had given up on ever being solved.…
Failure to Slow Global Warming
How’s this for Karma on a global level? It is irrefutable that in nature, everything that occurs as an “effect,” has a “cause.” And…
Plea Deal Requires Weisselberg to Testify at Trump Organization Trial
Oh Allen? What would your mother say if she was here to see this dismal news of her son, "The Accountant" and his extraordinary fall from…
Woman Testifies R Kelly Sexually Abused Her When She Was 14
Just when we thought we'd heard the last of R. Kelly following his recent 2022 trial for racketeering, bribery, and child sex trafficking,…
Prosecutors said Shaun Harrison lived a “double life”
It would be nice to find positive examples of how "The Law of Cause & Effect" works, but they don't get reported on as frequently as ones…
In Brooklyn Her Champagne Wishes Came True
Gratefully, though not surprisingly, "The Law of Cause & Effect" works both ways! Follow your dreams, listen, explore, be more than fair…
The opioid settlement is costing the Sacklers a fraction of their OxyContin sales
The price of freedom from prosecution for the evil Sackler family keeps going up, as it should. Their last offer was $4.5 billion. This one…
Teva Reaches Tentative $4.25 Billion Settlement Over Opioids
We haven't touched base on the vicious, opioid crisis in a while and I'd almost forgotten about Teva's role as a huge supplier of opioids.…
Vince McMahon Retires as WWE CEO Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal
Does it surprise anyone to learn that Vince was taking advantage of his position as Emperor of professional wrestling? Disappointed…
Crypto Insider Trading
So! We now know that “Crypto” is here to stay! How do we know this? We do because we’ve just had the first case of “Insider Trading” filed…
Former Georgetown Tennis Coach Sentenced to Prison
What did we think when we first heard about the college admission scheme of William Singer. Really? People were doing that? Including their…
R Kelly Sentenced to 30 Years
More on R. Kelly. This New Yorker article says that, "his conviction was twenty-five years too late!" However, in actuality it was just…
Meta Scrutinizing Sheryl Sandberg’s Use of Facebook Resources
It was troubling to see this article in the Wall Street Journal, but more so I’m sure for Sheryl. First off I was surprised recently to see…
Boris Becker Sentenced to Two and a Half Years for Hiding Assets in Bankruptcy
Oh Boris! What a fall from grace! But how I relished watching you play your break-neck style of tennis in your heyday! I watched all three…
Man Posing as Students Convicted in $1.4 Million Loan Scheme
It is not as if Elliott Sterling was not enterprising, clever, persuasive and potentially helpful by offering his services to help college…
JP Morgan Warns Russia Faces 1998 Like Collapse in Economy
This Russia/Putin/Ukraine debacle, just goes to show, that as it relates to the subject explored in these pages, it proves out on all…
Ex-Worker Wins $36.5 Million From Company That Hid Asbestos Damage
On all levels of life, individually, in groups, corporations, religions and even countries, abuses are perpetrated against others. The…
Man Charged in Jan. 6 Riot Sold Forged Vaccination Cards
I have a great idea, Jia Liu must have said to Steve Rodriguez. Let’s make up phony vaccine cards! Hey, they just have to look “close” to…
Wife of Navy Nuclear Engineer Pleads Guilty in Submarine Spy Case
I’m not sure which of these is the more egregious from a “mindless stupidity” point of view, the forged vaccine cards or the spy case? I…
Private Equity Investor Sentenced to 15 Months in College Bribery Case
So neither being a Prince nor a private equity $ billionaire can save someone from the long reach of the Law of Cause & Effect that we…
Purdue’s Sacklers Consider Adding Another Billion to Opioid Settlement
Aha! The evil Sackler are back in the spotlight. Since their last offer to buy themselves out of responsibility for the deaths of close to…
The Jeff Zucker and CNN Saga
Can there be much Controversy about how Mr. Vincenz got himself in such a pickle? Choices he made is the only explanation. Something led…
Strip-Bar Habit Worth $220,000 Hangs Over Swiss Banker on Trial
Can there be much Controversy about how Mr. Vincenz got himself in such a pickle? Choices he made is the only explanation. Something led…
Lawsuit Says Faculty at a Top Arts School Preyed on Students for Decades
And now another School is in the news for all the wrong reasons. This time its the prestigious University of North Carolina School of Arts…
A Tale of Taking Incredible and Mindless Risk
A tale of taking incredible & mindless risk. As part of an effort started by Cyrus Vance, the former Manhattan District Actorney and…
Credit Suisse Chairman Resigns Apologizes for Breaking Swiss Covid Rules
Only nine months after being hired as the Chairman of Credit Suisse, Horta-Osorio blows it with mindless disregard. As he says in his own…
At the Australian Open Everyone Not Named Djokovic Is Ready to Star
So now we know! After back and forth by the Australian authorities, Novak Djokovic has been sent back to Serbia, having been expelled from…
Scrambling but Undaunted the Met Opera Sings Through Omicron
How have they done it? Keep it going that is? Not diverge from their schedule? Maintain the quality of their performances? Since late…
Fugitive Italian Killer Finally Meets His Match in Google Maps
Who would have thunk it. Google, the sleuth that captures an Italian killer wanted for twenty years! Police nabbed him thanks to Google…
Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94
I must admit to having been embarrassingly ignorant about the life of Sidey Poitier. Of course I saw several of his movies in which he was…
Teva Pharmaceutical Company Found Liable in Landmark Opioid Trial
It is really good to see this! The more of these cases that are prosecuted the better the chance that the Sackler family will finally be…
The Relentless Ego of Ghislaine Maxwell
So, Chapter Two of the Jeffrey Epstein saga comes almost to a close. Almost, because we won’t know the final ending until we hear the…
The Two Humphreys
Here’s a weird and highly personal addition to my blog of illustrations about why the title of my book, “What Goes Around Comes Around - A…
Former McDonald’s C.E.O. Repays Company $105 Million
Oh how intoxicating the power over another’s income or stature or comfort can be! It was enough to cause Steve Easterbrook's brain to shut…
Judge Overturns Purdue Pharma’s Opioid Settlement
In a stunning turn-a-round, the “Law of Cause & Effect” has prevailed, illustrating that What Goes Around DOES Come Around. It’s good news!…
Nassar Abuse Survivors Reach a $380 Million Settlement
Larry Nassar, the former national gymnastics team doctor set a new standard for child abuse. Research about career abusers of children who…
Former D.E.A. Agent Sentenced to 12 Years in Drug Money Scheme
What a holy mess! A Federal D.E.A. Agent who drags his wife into the scheme. Now both go to prison for 12 years and 5 years respectively,…
Third Accuser Says Epstein and Maxwell Preyed on Her as a Troubled Teen
Reading this article about how Ghislaine Maxwell aided and abetted satiating Jeffrey Epstein’s voracious appetite for young girls, I found…
Elite Wine Group Moves to Expel 6 Members in Sexual Harassment Inquiry
Here’s a case of “Group malfeasance, blamed on poor judgement, from the consumption of too much wine!” A nine month investigation of the…
Art Dealer Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Charges in $86 Million Scam
He was a rising star as an art dealer, who investors relied on to help them find good investments in the opaque world of fine art.…
Why the Global Methane Pledge Is a Big Deal for the Climate
The fundamental Principle of life that explains everything in nature and the sciences is The Law of Cause & Effect. Change the Cause and…
Blackhawks Ignored 2010 Sexual Assault Accusation
The interesting point of this article is the “time” part of the equation. There were a number of people who knew about the abusive behavior…
Jon Gruden’s Departure Means More Trouble for the Raiders
It is an old saying full of wisdom ie: “Loose Lips Sink Ships!” Now Jon Gruden, the former coach of NFL Football's, Los Vegas Raiders,…
18 Former N.B.A. Players Are Charged in $4 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme
This is a classic. One wonders how many times these former NBA pros have smirked and spoken the words “See, what goes around comes…
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Study of Humanity’s Role in Changing Climate
Food for thought… On one day in the same newspaper, is a report by an independent commission that details how in France alone over the…
Nobel Prize Winners Rewarded for their light shedding achievements
My blog has examples I identify in my effort to prove the truth of the saying often used and also the title of my book, “What Goes Around…
R. Kelly Is Found Guilty on All Counts Twenty-five Years Too Late
More on R. Kelly. This New Yorker article says that, "his conviction was twenty-five years too late!" However, in actuality it was just…
R&B Superstar R. Kelly Convicted in Sex Trafficking Trial
Well now we know the answer. R. Kelly won’t be abusing any more underage girls, or any age girls this lifetime! Whatever hope he had of…
R. Kelly Trial Nears End, as Prosecutors Paint Portrait of a Predator
The prosecutor’s racketeering case summation on Wednesday 9/23 took more than three hours, with more scheduled for Thursday. In the first…
They Worked for R. Kelly. This Is What They Saw
In the ongoing saga of, “Will R. Kelly Escape Once More?” more witnesses testify and the canvas fills out more about his years of seducing…
Biles and Her Teammates Rip the F.B.I.
Here is precisely why the work done by Help For Children/Hedge Funds Care, www.HFC.org is so crucial to our children and their children and…
Colombo Family Crime Boss and 12 Others Are Arrested
I thought same as you, that Tony was dead, both on the TV version of,“The Sopranos,” and in real life, as the actor who played Tony also…
Trapped in Basements and Cars, They Lost Their Lives in Savage Storm
This was an avoidable catastrophe. Same in New Jersey, New Otleans and elsewhere. Not avoidable in the sense that a storm would happen, but…
Hedge Fund’s Insiders Agree to Pay as Much as $7 Billion to I.R.S.
This is a heartening case! It supports the notion that justice does prevail and what goes around, does indeed come around, The Law of Cause…
In R. Kelly Trial, the Verdict May Hinge on a Circle of Enablers
An update on the R. Kelly case: In 2008, the singer known as R. Kelly was able to escape prosecution for sexually exploiting underage…
When Police Lie, the Innocent Pay. Some Are Fighting Back.
This is about the issue of police who lie and distort the true circumstances of their interactions with people they come in contact with…
Video Shows Louisiana Trooper Beating a Black Man With a Flashlight
Wonder why we had to live through the “Black Lives Matter” uprising last year and ongoing calls for de-funding police budgets? Not that I’m…
Former Netflix staffers charged for making $3m from insider trading
It is remarkable to think that after so many people have been nailed in the past decade for insider trading schemes, that this group of…
With R. Kelly on Trial, What Has Become of His Music?
There are reasons why it can take a long time for some people or groups of people or organizations of many people, to face the consequences…
R. Kelly’s Last Criminal Trial Was in 2008. The World Has Changed Since.
Wow! Now here’s an interesting tussle. We’ve been commenting on the progress of the Sackler family saga and the various penalties and fines…
Sacklers Threaten to Pull Out of Opioid Settlement Without Broad Legal Immunity
Wow! Now here’s an interesting tussle. We’ve been commenting on the progress of the Sackler family saga and the various penalties and fines…
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick Faces Milestone Charges in Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis
It seems worth noting that the crime described in this article took place in 1974, 47 years ago. If you had known McCarrick over those…
Former Long Island Prosecutors Sentenced in Plot to Protect Police Chief
Sometimes we need protection from “The Protectors!” In this case of duplicity, the guilty party’s thought they could rule by fear and…
A Hotter Future Is Certain Climate Panel Warns
A Hotter Future Is Certain Climate Panel Warns So here is a frightening example of how the Principle of Cause & Effect, embodied in the…
Cuomo Grilled for 11 Hours in Sexual Harassment Inquiry
Is it true that “What Goes Around Comes Around”? We may be getting close to another prime example of how that particular law of nature and…
Drug Distributors and J.&J. Reach $26 Billion Deal to End Opioid Lawsuits
The chickens are coming home to roost as another shoe drops for the evil Sackler enablers. $26 Billion more in the pot to pay for their…
Jury Awards $125 Million After Walmart Fires Woman With Down Syndrome
its a good example of how the Principle of nature and physics, that What Goes Around Comes Around, works. The story is further illustration…
Drake Bell Given Two Years of Probation in Child Endangerment Case
Drake must have felt a sense of empowerment, the big star over the impressionable fan. It's been called intoxicating and at the right time…
15 States Reach a Deal With Purdue Pharma
And so it starts to take shape. The result that is, of the Sackler family’s many year effort to enrich themselves by defrauding the medical…
Johnson & Johnson to Pay New York State $230 Million to settle one Opioid Case
The Law of Cause & Effect, the fundamental principle of nature and physics, also referred to by the term of art - "What Goes Around Comes…
Canada’s Nightmare!
You know, there’s an expression that when a like-minded group of people join forces for a common goal, the power of their effort is…
She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away
I have to share this story because it is such an incredible tale. I’m so blown away by it that I’m not even sure how to make a point about…
Lifelong Exercise Adds Up to Big Health Care Savings
Now we actually have $ signs attached to the law of physics that “What Goes Around Comes Around” and how it plays out from a health…
Two Montana Sweethearts Fatally Shot in 1956 and The Case Just Got Solved
This story presents a vexing question that has been raised many times about whether it is really true that, “What Goes Around Comes…
A High School Senior Won a $40k Scholarship and Then She Gave It Up
Here’s a feel-good story about a young woman making thoughtful decisions and planting very good seeds in her garden of life! It reminds of…
The Troubling Fourth Act of Bill Gates
Sooner or later, truth speaks for itself. Obviously there was more human foible there than met the eye at first blush. It is often that…
Former Mets Manager Placed on Baseball’s Ineligible List
Oh Mickey, oh Mickey. I mean I get it. Everyone is human and everyone has their challenges in dealing with their particular brand of…
The Crime Of The Century
"The Crime Of The Century” is certainly an appropriate title and there’s definitely an abundance of head-scratchers here about how such a…
Hurt by Losses, Credit Suisse Faces Reckoning Under New Chairman
In the case of the multiple mis-adventures described in this article, the global investment banking giant Credit Suisse, is now facing a…
Roberto Alomar Is Removed From Baseball’s Present, if Not Its Past
Roberto Alomar was a dominating baseball player who made the All-Star Team twelve years in a row. Unfortunately for Roberto and what might…
An Evil Man Died and Victims’ Animosity Toward Madoff Outlives Him
The last word on Madoff - “What Goes Around Comes Around!"‘ An Evil Man Died’: Victims’ Animosity Toward Madoff Outlives Him. For many of…
Book by Officer Who Shot Breonna Taylor Is a New Test for Publishers
Book by Officer Who Shot Breonna Taylor Is a New Test for Publishers Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the officers involved in the fatal…
Empire of Pain, the American Dynasty Behind OxyContin
This article is about “Empire In Pain,” a new book on the Sackler family and their OxyContin driven, opioid crisis. It provides a look into…
Bernard Madoff, Architect of Largest Ponzi Scheme in History, Dead at 82
Bernard Madoff, Architect of Largest Ponzi Scheme in History, Dead at 82 He’s gone but won’t soon be forgotten. In his case, however, the…
SEC Accuses Actor of $690 Million Fraud Based on Fake Netflix Deal
So rather than being scared off by Bernie Madoff’s sentence to spend the rest of his life behind bars, this fellow decided that he had…
Investment Firm’s Collapse Put Unseen Risks on Full Display
Shades of: The Financial Crisis Revisited…or... A cautionary tale about how the use of “shady” financial instruments called “swaps,” can…
Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s $28.5 Million Bail Proposal
Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s $28.5 Million Bail Proposal Ghislaine Maxwell was finally arrested and imprisoned in July 2020, following…
How Crying on TikTok Sells Books
The latest craze for selling books. How Crying on TikTok Sells Books - “BookTok” videos are starting to influence publishers and…
Loose Lips Sink Ships
“Loose Lips Sink Ships.” Boy do they ever! It is not for nothing that such kinds of sayings come to be, ie: “Play with fire and you WILL…
Taking Stock of James Levine’s Tarnished Legacy
James Levine…Maestro or Monster? Should have been remembered as the former, but unfortunately will be as a mixed bag. The recently deceased…
How far down is down for Andrew Cuomo and did he grope her?
Aide Says Cuomo Groped Her as New Details of Account Emerge How far down is down for Andrew Cuomo? The thorns from the seeds he planted in…
They Spent 24 Years Behind Bars. Then the Call Fell Apart
It raises the question of whether the death sentence for murder should still be a conviction option in this country? That is, with the…
Cuomo Aides Rewrote Nursing Home Report to Hide Higher Death Toll
This is one of those, “What Was He Thinking!!!” kinds of articles. Unfortunately for the Governor, it is another in a series of them these…
Cuomo Is Accused of Sexual Harassment by a 2nd Former Aide
The 25 year-old woman said that when they were alone in his office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked if she “had ever been with an older man.” Oh…
Boeing: The Fall of a Titan!
What was once an impeccable giant of American engineering and industrial might has fallen from grace in stunning fashion. The…
Saudi Crown Prince Is Held Responsible for Khashoggi Killing in US Report
On a level, its pretty cool to know right? I mean it would be preferable that it was not necessary. But seeing that it is necessary, its…
Ravi Zacharias Influential Evangelist Is Accused of Sexual Abuse in Scathing Report
Have we had enough of hearing about the downfall of religious or corporate or political or sports related people with powerful influence…
A Tale of Two Lives reported on the same day!
A Tale of Two Lives reported on the same day! How is it that two people can attract such different ends? One solves an intractable medical…
McKinsey Settles for $573 Million Over Role in Opioid Crisis
McKinsey Settles for $573 Million Over Role in Opioid Crisis McKinsey Settles for $573 Million Over Role in Opioid Crisis. The consulting…
Can a President Govern in Poetry?
All politics aside, now that the dust has at least somewhat settled, there are a couple of observations that are timely. One is that the…
Ex-Coach Sentenced to 10 Years for Raping Star Skater
So its not just young men or women in the U.S. who come under the influence of powerful and manipulative coaches of football or basketball,…
The Hall of Shame Remembered
The list below serves as a reminder of all the self-defeating things people are led to do through ignorance of the most basic of all Laws…
My Thoughts About the Covid Vaccines
Please read the enclosed article. It is sent to share my thoughts with the best of intentions, because of who you are to me. Of course I am…
JNJ Trumps Pfizer in Covid vaccine race
For a number of reasons, including the recent news about people getting the Pfizer vaccine who then get the virus, I am personally…
Inside TikTok’s First Year-End Music Report
Did you know? As it relates to venues to show off your music, TikTok’s year-end numbers are even bigger than one might expect: Its report…
A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning
This is a story that all parents should require their kids to read and discuss. It tells the tale of the damage that mindless postings can…
The disappointing downfall of Dr. Deborah Birx
Now here is an interesting take on how the law of nature and physics, “What Goes Around Comes Around” plays out. there are subtleties…
Congress on the brink of major FAA oversight
So, Congress and the Justice Department have finally finished their many, months-long investigation into the Boeing crashes. This article…
Ex-Modeling Agent and Epstein Associate Is Arrested in France
The light shines on yet another Epstein co-conspirator! Jean-Luc probably thought that he was home-free with Epstein gone. But nope! No…
Carnegie Hall’s Chairman Robert F Smith at the Abyss
Here’s a particularly intriguing story to contemplate. This gent named Robert F. Smith perpetrated what federal prosecutors call the…
More Than 100 Accusers Seek Restitution From Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate
One would hope that these payouts to his victims described in the article will mark the end of the Jeffrey Epstein saga. However, there is…
McKinsey Apology for Role in OxyContin Sales
So the story unfolds, as the thorn & weed seeds planted by the Sackler Mob and their McKinsey enablers are coming up in their respective…
More Than 30 Charged in Scheme to Fix Coast Guard Test Scores
A woman intelligent and smooth enough to get hired by the U.S. Coast Guard as a “credentialing specialist,” ie: the person who signed off…
The Oxycontin Sackler Plot Thickens and Sickens
See what I mean? This unravelling of efforts to evade penalties for Sackler family/OxyContin treachery and more than 450,000 lives taken,…
OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty in Criminal Case
Its not the first time that guilty parties have seemed to slip away from the jaws of justice. And now we have the evil, Purdue Pharma and…
Sainted Too Soon Vatican Report Cast John Paul II in Harsh New Light
Oh my! Right on the heels of the truth coming out about Alexander Hamilton’s slave ownership and participation in slave commerce, comes the…
Alexander Hamilton: New Research Says He was an Enslaver
The question has lingered around the edges of the pop-culture ascendancy of Alexander Hamilton: Did the 10-dollar founding father,…
This Year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry Honors a Revolution
When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled “The Double Helix” on her…
What Trump’s Positive Coronavirus Test Means for the Presidential Campaign
If this isn’t the mother of all examples that “What Goes Around Comes Around,” then may I pass out right now on the spot! But now that I…
S&P Index Manager Charged With Insider Trading Scheme
Could it be true that after all the arrests, fines, ruined careers and incarcerations resulting from the insider trading scandals of a few…
Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli Get Prison in College Admissions Case
The “College Admissions Scandal” is back, as Lori Laughlin and husband Massimo Giannulli return to the headlines about their respective…
New York Has Tamed the Virus. Can It Hold Off a Second Wave?
It is much easier these days to find examples about how “What Goes Around…” does indeed “Come Around,” from the negative side of the…
The Week Old Hollywood Finally Actually Died
For decades, the best thing about being a Hollywood executive, really, was how you got fired. Studio executives would be gradually, gently,…
The Virus Turns Midtown Into a Ghost Town Causing an Economic Crisis
Editors and account managers at the Time & Life Building in Midtown Manhattan could once walk out through the modernist lobby and into a…
The Sad Sacklers Are Back In the News
There is a concern, as expressed in this OP-ED article in the NY Times, that the villainous Sackler family who owns Purdue Pharma, maker of…
Rob Davis and Help for Children
Some information about Rob, the philanthropy he established in 1998 "Help For Children / Hedge Funds Care,” and more. What began as a…
Police the Good and the Bad
Oh my gosh, it is so interesting how this all works! This NY Times article tells such a story! Its the explanation of how a police officer…
Lionhearted Girl Bikes Dad Across India Inspiring a Nation
The purpose of this blog is to explore real-life events that prove the truth of the title of this book. To do so we often use stories about…
Boeing’s Problems Predate the Virus. Should the U.S. Come to Its Rescue?
So Boeing, which was $380/share when we started writing about the fraud-ridden, 737 Max debacle that drove the stock to break $100/share on…
The World of Books Braces for a Newly Ominous Future
In these isolated times, many people are inside reading, but the book business, like others, is bracing for catastrophe. Major literary…
Ex Priest in France Is Convicted of Abusing Dozens of Scouts
So the Catholic Church in France is now absorbing blows of compensation for their crimes of sexually abusing children and the culture of…
Coronavirus Swamps Local Health Departments
Many state and municipal health departments saw budget and staffing cuts a decade ago that were never restored. Now we are learning that…