Rock 'n' roll never forgets. That's what Bob Seger said. At least I think it was Bob Seger. I forget.Anyhow, last week, I tested Bob's theory by attending my first rock concert in years. The band was Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, a hugely popular group back in the late '60s and early '70s.Now, Crosby, Stills and Nash are no longer young. Even Young is not young. They have not had a hit in years.
Someone explain this to me. Enron, the seventh-biggest company in the nation, goes belly-up. It inflates its numbers, lies to its employees, avoids taxes, sets up dubious subsidiaries on tropical islands, then collapses under the weight of its own deceptions, leaving workers and stockholders holding an empty bag -- but only after Enron's top dogs have bailed out.Every day, there are new revelations of Enron lies and exceptions. Every day there is new talk of cheating, hiding and shredding any document that could be damning.
Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.