PoorRichardsExcuseThe American C-Note: Benjamin Franklin Like the $100 C-Note that bears his countenance, Benjamin Franklin lived as one hundred men rolled into one. Sometimes called the first American, Mr. Franklin lived as the quintessential Renaissance man: Printer, writer, businessman; scientist, diplomat, humorist and ‘man of affairs’. His historical reputation stands beyond reproach. Indeed, no one […]
More than Marching Needed to End Racism From the movie Unforgiven: “It’s a hell of a thing to kill a man. You take all he’s got, and all he’s ever gonna have.” George Floyd’s death combined with a recent past of all too many similar terrors ignited dry kindling that burst into flames literally and […]
LIVING IN INTERESTING TIMES Chinese curse: May you live during interesting times. The most “interesting” times in America in the 20th century as defined by the number of books written and read include the Great Depression; World Wars I & II; and the 1960’s internal conflict ignited by the civil rights movement and the Vietnam […]