Joe Nocera | The Seattle Times

FILE – In this Dec. 9, 1998, file photo, Southwest Airlines President and CEO Herb Kelleher speaks at a news conference at MacArthur Airport in Islip, N.Y. Not many CEOs dress up as Elvis Presley, settle a business dispute with an arm-wrestling contest, or go on TV wearing a paper bag over their head. Southwest confirmed Kelleher died on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. He was 87. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File)

January 6, 2019 at 5:00 pm

Only Herb Kelleher could make an airline revolution this fun

Commentary | The former chairman and chief executive of Southwest Airlines, who died Thursday, did the near impossible: building, from scratch, a consistently profitable airline...

Business

Alan Mulally, former CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and then of the Ford Motor Co.
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August 23, 2018 at 5:52 pm

How to fix Tesla? Let Alan Mulally take the wheel | Commentary

Commentary: Elon Musk may be an innovation genius, but at Ford Motor and Boeing Commercial Airplanes before that, Alan Mulally has shown he is a...

May 7, 2018 at 5:00 am

Commentary: Microsoft’s turnaround could have started sooner

Some government bureaucrats in the antitrust department of the Justice Department might have had a better feel for how Microsoft could improve its business model...

Business

FILE – This July 21, 2012, file photo shows Equifax Inc., offices in Atlanta. On Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, Equifax said it has made changes to address customer complaints since it disclosed a week earlier that it exposed vital data on about 143 million Americans. Equifax has come under fire from members of Congress, state attorneys general, and people who are getting conflicting answers about whether their information was stolen. Equifax is trying again to clarify language about people’s right to sue, and said Monday it has made changes to address customer complaints. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

September 17, 2017 at 5:00 pm

Equifax should be regulated like a public utility | Commentary

Will this summer’s data breach involving 143 million of the credit bureau’s U.S. customers finally generate enough fear and outrage to cause Congress, the financial...

Business

September 8, 2015 at 5:01 pm

The challenges and pitfalls of school reform | Joe Nocera / Syndicated columnist

What happened after Mark Zuckerberg donated $100 million to transform Newark’s schools into a symbol of educational excellence.

Opinion

August 4, 2015 at 4:49 pm

History shows that Obama’s clean power plan can work | Joe Nocera / Syndicated columnist

There is really no reason the Clean Power Plan won’t work — except for political intransigence.

Opinion

July 14, 2015 at 4:52 pm

Shale gas and climate change | Joe Nocera / Syndicated columnist

Every columnist has his or her “go to” sources, people we rely on for their deep understanding of a particular subject, and a mode of...

Opinion

June 16, 2015 at 5:01 pm

How to grade a teacher | Joe Nocera / Syndicated columnist

This is the second column I’ve written about Deborah Loewenberg Ball, the dean of the University of Michigan’s School of Education. Ball believes the training...

Opinion

May 5, 2015 at 6:06 pm

Secret’s doomed script online | Joe Nocera / Syndicated columnist

In every episode of “Silicon Valley,” the HBO comedy series created by Mike Judge, there is always a moment, rendered utterly deadpan, that both mocks...

Opinion

April 28, 2015 at 5:27 pm

Europe’s Google problem

Europe might view with suspicion the four companies that comprise “America’s evil Internet empire,” writes columnist Joe Nocera. But the European Union’s recent actions might...

Opinion