Today, many of us will gather around the table with family and friends to give thanks for the blessings of life. My family—Shelley and I—have much to be thankful for, including our kids and grandkids. The former bless us with their example as adults. The latter are a blessing by Read more
Like so many of you, I can hardly imagine what will be the outrage du jour. Most of what passes for outrage today is vastly out of proportion to what should cause a person to be frothing at the mouth over a particular issue. I thought I had seen it Read more
I am not an economist. That’s a good thing because Econ 101 was not a strength for me as a freshman at the Virginia Military Institute in 1969. Most of my physical and intellectual energies were devoted to surviving the “ratline” each day, not economics. But I digress. Despite suboptimal Read more