On Second Thought

With the First Line of Art Comes Grief

There is a sadness that accompanies the realization of freedom’s full end.

Dec 3 • Erik Sherman

November 2025

Yup, another email scam

This one has a particular fetid tang.

Nov 13 • Erik Sherman

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How a Benjamin Franklin Dis of Parisians Led to Resetting Clocks

It was just a joke, but apparently someone eventually took him seriously.

Nov 7 • Erik Sherman

October 2025

New scam attempt through Google Calendar

They invite you to an event and the scam is in the body.

Oct 28

A short look at Mike Johnson's tactics to keep the government shut down

A three-part mechanism counts on current politics to set up blame for the shutdown, with the byproduct of keeping insurance for low-income people off…

Oct 15 • Erik Sherman

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Some thoughts about Israel, Gaza, and the ceasefire.

I don't usually offer trigger warnings, but if you are fiercely on one given side, whichever it is, perhaps skip this piece.

Oct 14 • Erik Sherman

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Warning about a new LinkedIn-related scam

It's more subtle than most.

Oct 10 • Erik Sherman

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Oops.

You got what probably seemed like a strange message looking for experts to discuss bank capital requirements.

Oct 7 • Erik Sherman

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Experts in commercial real estate to discuss likely bank capital requirement changes

This is for GlobeSt.com. I'd like to get comments in today, 10/3, by 11pm EST.

Oct 3 • Erik Sherman

September 2025

Experts on partnership property transfers

For GlobeSt.com. Deadline is today, 9/17/2025, at 8:30 PM ET.

Sep 17 • Erik Sherman

Corporate Merger Mania and Cutting Derivation Weirdness

A look at a common business hype, and an example of when visual similarity doesn’t mean direct linguistic influence.

Sep 10 • Erik Sherman

August 2025

Trump Threats To Companies Put Them And People’s Retirements At Risk

The economy may rest most heavily on consumers, but it and retirements don’t exist without companies that can do business without unregulated threats.

Aug 25 • Erik Sherman