October 19, 2009 | 6 comments
I read a fascinating article titled “The Mystery of Survival,” in “Men’s Journal,” this week about special “invisible” help received by explorers and desperate individuals caught in dire and extreme circumstances. Have you ever heard about the Third Man? The
June 21, 2009 | 4 comments
I watched the movie, “Valkyrie,” starring Tom Cruise, last night with my family. It’s based on a true story that recounts one Nazi colonel’s attempt to assassinate Hitler and reorganize the German government in order to change the direction of
February 3, 2009 | 2 comments
There’s active debate in Washington D.C. about what kind of stimulus is needed to jumpstart the economy. Some type of package will pass legislation, few observers doubt, but many wonder whether the proposed expenditures are going to create needed jobs
December 2, 2008 | 2 comments
“The economy is in recession,” economists have officially decided. This is no news to the citizen on the street looking for work and struggling to make payments. Numbers cranked out of Washington D.C. are experienced by everyday people long before
November 6, 2008 | 5 comments
A week ago, the Fichus tree in my office was shedding leaves by the hundreds every day. It’s a little tree, about 5 feet high, and I started to worry that it was dying. “There weren’t going to be any