Statesman or Politician? The Long View or A Suitcase of Cash? My family, all 12 of us, just dodged a bullet. A few days ago we got back from a nifty vacation in Charleston, South Carolina. Long walks on the beach. History. Southern comfort food. The mayhem of...
Getting under the hood My son, Byron, and I went turkey hunting a few weeks ago in central Nebraska a couple of miles west of the little town of Wolback (population 257). It was a guided trip with Gobble and Grunt Outfitters. While by no means cheap, for city...
Fiddling while Rome burns I spend many hours blogging at my local library. They regularly host events on a wide variety of topics. I rarely take one in; its tough enough for me to keep on track without one more distraction. However, recently a program called...
They just keep going. And going. And going . . .I don’t need to remind you of the Energizer Bunny commercials. How can you forget them? You know, the the mechanical rabbit with fake pink fur that relentlessly marches across your TV...
Or dumb as a stump? At the library where I blog, there’s a table displaying IRS information booklets. An ever present reminder that tax season is, alas, upon us. But in addition to the booklets, there was, up until a few days ago, a sign declaring that...