On Independence September 27th, 2014 @ 10:31 am PDT
It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, “Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.” Sam Levenson
#FridayFive: Favorite iPhone Games September 26th, 2014 @ 6:07 am PDT
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On Circumstances September 25th, 2014 @ 1:36 pm PDT
“Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.” William Faulkner
Throwback Thursday September 25th, 2014 @ 8:58 am PDT
Declining Deficit Should Not Mean Rising Borrowing September 23rd, 2014 @ 9:20 am PDT
The latest deficit news is all positive. Fiscal year 2014 will be the fifth straight in which the federal deficit has declined as a share of GDP. The deficit was 10.8 percent of GDP in Barack Obama’s first year, a scary statistic. This year it will be 2.9 percent, below the four-decade average of 3.1 […]
I Met Her on a Tuesday September 22nd, 2014 @ 11:38 am PDT
Today would have been mom’s 66th birthday. She died 770 days ago. An important part of her brain almost certainly died about a year before that, but we didn’t know it at the time and haven’t been able to prove it since. Some incompetent doctors told me she had had a stroke. But they also […]
#FridayFive: Gator Rivals September 19th, 2014 @ 6:22 am PDT
Read the Friday Five …Throwback Thursday September 18th, 2014 @ 9:04 am PDT
Throwback Thursday September 18th, 2014 @ 8:54 am PDT
All the grandchildren together in Maine, taken just a few days before 9/11
On Work September 18th, 2014 @ 5:31 am PDT
“If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.” Beryl Markham
