Labor Day 2014 What country in Europe has the most robust economy on the continent? If you said Germany you are correct. But what does Germany have that makes it…

I was one of the lucky ones. I served my country in peacetime. The president was the highly regarded former WWII army general Dwight David Eisenhower. Mr. Eisenhower had seen…

MLK – Thoughts of this day. When Barak Obama was elected president there were tears of hope and a sense that something was happening  that was, a few years ago…

Recently Sylvester Stallone was being interviewed about “Rocky The Musical.” Stallone is producing this show and was asked about the viability of a fight story being made into a musical.…

The inspiration that was the driving force of the creation that we call America is rooted in the idea of the collective good. I am concerned that concept of the…

Memorial Day 2013    Honoring our military   Memorial Day is coming up again and we make a lot of noise about how we honor our military. I say noise…

The celebration was a consolidation of Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthday. It has come to be the celebration of every president. That concept may be offensive to my contemporaries that have…

I am sometimes amused at the term hero.  I reserve that for very few and even then I allow for the human frailty of that so-called hero. We use the…

Did you ever notice that the happiest people are not always the most privileged? Having said that, there is very little to be happy when you are poor and/or homeless.…

The message for Veterans Day was missed. Being without power, internet, and telephone service makes modern communication almost impossible. Well we are back and the story today is as important…

I was given a book by a professor at Farmingdale a few years ago “Ideas Are Free” is the title. It sat on a shelf in my workshop unread. Last…

Fourth of July Message 2012 This is an interesting country to say the least. Since the earliest days there has been strife in America. We tend to ignore for the…