Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. I am glad to welcome the year 5780. As a society, the year 5779 was, in my opinion, less than our best […]
A Series of Unfortunate Events
I am frustrated and angry. The most recent spasm of gun violence at a garlic festival in rural Gilroy, California, a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, and an entertainment district […]
Threat Inflation
Last week, a friend sent me a rather apocalyptic article entitled, “1 in 5 Americans Avoid Concerts, Sporting Events Due to Physical & Cybersecurity Concerns.” The article warns that a […]
Sports, Work, and Other Dangerous Activities
It’s been quite a week in the United States. Evidently, it remains dangerous to attend baseball games with your children, or to go to work at all. I find these […]
Foreseeably “Unreasonable”
Faithful readers of Adelman on Venues know that I believe one simple question is the first building block of risk management: What could go wrong? When I talk with friends […]
The Straight and Narrow Path
A happy consequence of developing an area of expertise and then sticking with it is that after a while, no one remembers when you didn’t know what you were doing. […]
7 O’Clock News / Silent Night
This was the title of a Simon & Garfunkel song, in which they mixed a news broadcast from 1968 over a hauntingly beautiful version of “Silent Night.” I’ve been playing […]
SSDD
On November 7, 2018, just before midnight, a 28 year old man attacked a country bar in Thousand Oaks, CA, killing 11 people inside plus the first police officer to […]
Crowd Expectations
On September 29, 2018, there was an outdoor festival in Central Park in New York in which nothing bad actually happened. This immediately preceded my participation at the International Festivals […]
Employees Versus Independent Contractors
In belated recognition of Labor Day, when I was not working, I recorded a short video discussion of the distinction between employees versus independent contractors, and several reasons why this […]