Landman!

by roger mitchell | Nov 17, 2025

The price of a barrel of oil is the most important variable in all of macroeconomics, finance, and geopolitics. That is not hyperbole. For many people, and for various reasons, $80 is Goldilocks.   The Wisdom of Tommy Norris. Landman is a recent, very successful...

Meaning amidst chaos.

by roger mitchell | Oct 26, 2025

  The room was familiar. I had been there before. When it started.  Talk to me about “duty” Tony.  It sounded almost like a cry for help to a father-figure, from a person looking for some reassurance. And that in reality is exactly what it was. Authenticity is...

Shipbuilding!

by roger mitchell | Oct 12, 2025

You can never really predict where a journey will take you, what you will end up doing, and especially that for which you will ultimately be known. Building something is seldom predictable, linear and to-plan. Especially ships. In the 70s, Steve Jobs dropped out of...

O Captain! My Captain!

by roger mitchell | Sep 6, 2025

  Captaincy and the Ryder Cup have always been synonymous, and when that competition comes around every second year, one gets to contemplate both at the same time. We are about to get a really plum case study this month. This Sunday Column today believes that it...

The Prestige.

by roger mitchell | Aug 24, 2025

When Hulk Hogan took his final three-count this month, the whole world rightly removed its bandana in respect for the most famous “wrestler” who has ever lived. The tributes and YouTube clips told of the fundamental impact this giant of a man had on a “sport”, and...