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Reap The Whirlwind
Watching the latest devastation from the tornados in Oklahoma, I am reminded of the proverb from Hosea, "For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.". No, I am not insinuating that this bout of tragedy is indicative...
Too Clever By Half
"They tried to be too clever-- and that was their undoing." ---Agatha Christie The problem with hubris is that it defies reality, it's fatal flaw is that it can't acknowledge it's own limits. The arrogant believe that their ingenuity allows them to...
Making Money
There's an e-mail going around with some excerpts out of the 1934 Montgomery Wards Christmas catalog. It's always fun to see what things used to cost less than a lifetime ago. A pair of shoes for two bucks, dress shirts for...
Celebrating Diversity… E Pluribus Unum
Some folks I know recently joined the great exodus out of what used to be known as the Empire State, to make a new life in the land of cowboys and the Alamo... Texas that is. The decision was not...
Tough Week
To quote President Obama, "It's been a tough week.". It's hard to believe how much news coverage of one event you can fit into one week, and I'm not sure what is left to be said regarding the terrorist attack at...
A Tale of Taxes
I couldn't let April 15th go by without some mention of our wonderful federal income tax. One is tempted at this time of year to recall the adage that nothing in life is certain except death and taxes. Indeed, there are...
When The Age of Men Comes Crashing Down
Professor Jennifer Graves in a lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland revealed that men are on the road to extinction. Men, not women. Apparently the Y chromosome is dying. Three hundred million years ago the Y chromosome had about...