November 25, 2011 | 3 comments
It’s Black Friday in the United States! Sounds ominous. But the word “Black” actually refers to the bottom line of retail stores, the day their business is supposed to start registering a profit for the year from the hordes of
November 7, 2011 | 6 comments
Yesterday’s Parade Magazine (November 6, 2011) had an interview with General Colin Powell in which he shared the following story: “I heard about a young boy, an army brat. His family moved to a new community, and when he showed
October 24, 2011 | 6 comments
I felt an example of how other people’s thoughts can affect our thoughts if we don’t assiduously guard our perspective. It happened to me when I landed in the UK a few weeks ago. I read the news, as is
August 30, 2011 | 6 comments
There is a story once told of a man who owned a fox for a pet. For fun, when feeding his pet fox, he cut a two inch hole in the front door and pushed the fox’s tail out the
August 8, 2011 | 5 comments
Standard and Poor’s has downgraded the credit rating of the United States government to AA+. Europe is mightily struggling with how to keep Iceland and Greece afloat. Now Italy and Portugal threaten to become the latest casualties of too