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Take Me to Your Loss LeaderRecently, I read an article in Forbes reporting that Toys “R” Us, the category-killer that has dominated the toy industry [...] |
Joe Queenan | July 1 1998 | |
J’AccuseShortly after the Monica Lewinsky scandal erupted, my local newspaper printed a letter under the headline, “French Find Fuss to [...] |
Joe Queenan | June 1 1998 | |
Bring It On Home To MeLately, I’ve been reading an awful lot about bonds backed by the royalties from rock’n’ roll records. The whole thing [...] |
Joe Queenan | May 1 1998 | |
Just BrowsingLike many Americans, I’ve been following the Justice Department’s brouhaha with Microsoft with rapt attention, hoping that if I read [...] |
Joe Queenan | April 1 1998 | |
Byte SizeOne rainy afternoon in October 1996, commercial real-estate salesman Paul Merlin stopped off at a typically blue-collar New York City [...] |
Joe Queenan | March 1 1998 | |
Naked OptionsRecently, I spotted an advertisement in The Wall Street Journal promoting an unusual kind of liability insurance. The ad placed [...] |
Joe Queenan | December 1 1997 | |
Management Encounters of The Absurd KindSeveral years ago, I wrote a story for the Washington Post that dealt with the difficulty of writing satire in [...] |
Joe Queenan | November 1 1997 | |
Eau de Chief ExecutiveOne of the most troubling phenomena of the ’90s is the sight of one top executive after another getting booted [...] |
Joe Queenan | October 1 1997 | |
Take A GanderIn a recent discussion of the networking appeal of goose blinds, A.B. Krongard, chairman and CEO of Alex. Brown, had [...] |
Joe Queenan | September 1 1997 | |
Send in the ClonesEver since a Scottish scientist successfully cloned Dolly the Sheep earlier this year, the media has focused on whether similar [...] |
Joe Queenan | July 1 1997 |