Perspective

If I call myself an optimist, people who know me will laugh. Friends and family think of me as someone whose outlook is generally…

09/14/2021 In 1968, a book was published that would have a profound effect on the course of world events. It was called, The Population…

06/24/2021 It’s beginning to feel as if the pandemic will never end. It will just continue to morph from one set of unusual protocols…

03/01/2021 If you live in the northern half of the United States, or grew up there, you understand what the phrase “digging out” means….

10/13/2020 A month or so ago, or about five years ago in COVID time, I was listening to a discussion on CNBC among stock…

06/29/2020 After 9/11, I remember hearing people say, “This changes everything,” and “Nothing will ever be the way it used to be.” It may…

07/19/2019 Do you remember when retailers used to give away things in order to promote customer loyalty? If you filled up your tank at…

04/24/2019 There’s a lot of talk about socialism these days, and most of it goes around in circles. The reason for that lack of…

02/07/2019 In late December I was watching one of those year-end wrap-up shows about the biggest news stories of 2018, in this case concentrating…