The longer bickering and hostilities rule in our nation’s capital the longer it will be before America gets down to business. For months, the economy has tried to struggle back. The stock market has been up, unemployment has stopped rising, consumers are starting to buy albeit cautiously. Yet there’s something lacking as this jobless recovery [...]
When I recently heard the thermometer would finally rise above 50 degrees in the mid-Atlantic states, it was a sign that spring was right around the corner. Narcissus and hyacinth plants as well as fresh-cut daffodils were already being sold in Southern California, where I live. But the weather breaking after such a harsh winter, [...]
A recent conversation with a friend about the simple things from our respective childhoods led us to the subject of ice. Yes, frozen H2O. The stuff we never thought much about unless we hit a slick spot on the sidewalk causing us to slip and slide or maybe fall to the ground. As we grew [...]
Histrionics outshined the topic of reform at the health care summit. During the more than seven hours of this made-for-television event participants tried to strut their stuff. Yet these efforts seemed to be directed toward fellow politicians rather than to those Americans who took the time and had the inclination to watch the proceedings at [...]
What pre-boomer can forget being given the distinction of licking and pasting a kitchen drawer full of S&H Green Stamps into the collection books so Mom could go to the redemption center and turn them in for merchandise rewards? It could have been Top Value, Triple S, Plaid or Blue Chip stamps. For many years, [...]
