Veterans, We Salute You!
Monday, November 13
In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River, and this became the focal point of reverence for America’s veterans. Similar ceremonies occurred earlier in England and France, where an unknown soldier was bur...
Equity Rocks! (It's a Good Tune)
Monday, November 06
In the ‘80s and ’90s (I realize that was about a million years ago to many of you), there was a musician who had his share of the limelight and went by the name of Adam Ant (I’m about 175% sure he wasn’t born with that name). At any rate, Mr. Ant wrote his own music and lyrics, and he was well k...
Moneyball (The Great American Pastime)
Tuesday, October 31
Back when the 2017 baseball season started (what seemed like twelve years ago to many), the Los Angeles Dodgers had an overall payroll for their roster totaling over $240 million – that’s a lot of money for men who wear tights, eyeliner, and play a game for a living. The next highest payroll was...
The Spooky Truth (Brace Yourselves)
Monday, October 23
Do you have that friend or family member who pronounces a fairly common word incorrectly on a regular basis? Or, do you know someone who’s pretty intelligent but consistently conjugates one particular verb incorrectly? I have a friend of almost 20 years when something isn’t quite going his way, h...
KNOWING is Half the . . . Problem
Monday, October 16
If you’ve learned one thing from reading these columns, it’s this: I don’t read a ton of books by or about the French philosopher Descartes or spend large amounts of money traveling the world to view the Masters’ paintings in far-flung museums – my entertainment and sources of knowledge run to th...
Foreclosure and Fate
Monday, October 09
Back in 1835, an Austrian physicist by the name of Schrodinger devised a way to explain quantum physics (and impress women) by placing a cat inside a sealed box with a vial of poisonous gas that could break at any moment and kill the unwitting feline. The crux of this exercise was this: until on...