Author Archives: Justin Locke

I will confess to you that, having lived in Boston all of my adult life, up until now I have pretty much taken the local Marathon race for granted. I used to belong to a health club that was right … Continue reading →

So like everyone else, I’ve been listening to the president and various other politicians and interested parties bemoaning the recent vote against background checks for gun sales. I, too, think it’s unfortunate that this legislation did not pass, but I … Continue reading →

When I attended a very fancy music school, the first 4 months of its freshman music theory class was focused entirely on a “system” of writing “Gregorian Chant Counterpoint.” It was an interesting, and totally mechanical, approach. It was essentially … Continue reading →

In a previous life I was a producer of promotional/ fund raising videos, and my sister, who runs a non-profit that deals with issues related to injured firefighters, had me create a video for her organization.  It tells the true … Continue reading →

I was talking to a group of college age kids last night, and one of them was bemoaning the issue of applying for a job without a college degree. Instead of quoting what these kids said, I will jump to … Continue reading →

So I did an article for the “uncollege.org” website today on The Equity of Youth If you are surfing into my blog from uncollege.org, here are some posts in a similar vein you might enjoy: Implispeak (or, the Semantics of … Continue reading →

So you regulars readers may have noticed I have new header to my blog. I was reading a book on management by Peter Drucker the other day, and it really got me to thinking about marketing, specifically: What do my … Continue reading →

As Peter Drucker once said, few products ever succeed in the market for which they were originally designed. This is becoming true for my latest book, “Getting in Touch with Your Rich Kid.” To be honest, I wrote the book … Continue reading →

Since I am always intrigued by issues of education (I don’t know why, as I always hated school and everything about it . . . Maybe I am doing this as therapy), I repeatedly come across news items about Michelle … Continue reading →

Okay so again, I was on a local cable talk show with Yolanda, a local fashion maven, and I finally was able to get the show onto Youtube for easier access/viewing.  So here it is . . . the final … Continue reading →