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 […]
No sport requires unified team play more than hockey. There’s no mano-mano confrontation like pitcher/hitter as in baseball. No one player in hockey can skate the length of the ice and score a goal like a basketball player can drive the floor solo for a quick bucket. In football, a blown blocking assignment might mean […]
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 […]
Fifty years since the official break up and release of Let It Be It has been said, “a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the works of Shakespeare”. Perhaps. But it did take a million garage bands banging on a million guitars to produce The Beatles. Their soaring rise to stardom […]