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Imagine for a moment that you alone were in change of hiring the next President of the United States. Based on their resume, who would you hire for the job, former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris?  This is my rendering of their resumes.  Who would you pick? Read more

This past week our family vacationed in the Florda panhandle.  It was a delightful news break, only interrupted by Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race. We followed the revelations on the attempted assassination of President Trump.  Shocking unpreparedness by the Secret Service.  My hope was to do some reading, which Read more

Now that the dust has settled a bit—Biden is out—the Democrats have chosen Kamala Harris has their presidential nominee.  At least at this writing she seems to have the delegates lined up.  But is she really their best choice?  To date she hasn’t shown much ability.  As Border Czar she Read more

During the Boer War, Winston Churchill encountered danger as a wartime correspondent.  He wrote this for the Daily Telegraph in 1898. “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” For a young ambitious man, such an experience was exhilarating.  Yet this week, Americans were not Read more

When our Founding Fathers devised our Constitution in 1787, they sought to balance power between the Executive, the Congress, and the Judiciary. Each would have their duties.  Each was a separate but equal partner in a federalist system between the States and the Federal Government. Yet in the years since Read more

My life is filled with reunions these days.  That’s a good thing, particularly being able to attend them.  (Consider the alternative.)  I had a dear colleague in the General Assembly of Virginia who, when addressed by another “Good to see you,” would respond, “Better to be seen than viewed.”  So Read more

Yesterday afternoon, our power went out after a large storm passed through our area of the Northern Neck of Virginia.  We’re fortunate because we have a propane-powered generator and some of our power for essentials were uninterrupted.  It’s a price worth paying when you look at the weathered crops that Read more

Some years ago, my friend Ken, who grew up in the rural southland of our great nation, introduced me to an expression I had never heard before.  He proceeded to explain the meaning of the phrase “come up a big cloud.”  That’s the way his part of the old south Read more

Summer is a good time to think.  Life is busy. As the Nationwide Insurance commercial said, “life comes at you fast.” And at that speed, it tees up challenges to address quicker than you can dispense with them.  Fortunately, after you retire, you have more time to think about things. I Read more

I love the summer.  As I get older, winter wears on me.  And while spring breaks the cycle of frigid days, it can be wet and chilly.  Fall is actually my favorite season, particularly in Virginia where the changing of the season explodes into a bouquet of colors.  But summer Read more