Monthly Archives: May 2009

Tuesday Night in a Small Room

5/28/2009 – 12:03 pm

Tuesday, the first day back to work after the holiday weekend and The English Beat was playing at Higher Ground. Dave Rap, my former colleague, calls and says we should go to the show because Dave Wakeling, another former colleague, leads the band. (In the early ‘90s, Dave Wakeling worked for Greenpeace on the west […]

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Fiscal Fitness

5/21/2009 – 4:43 pm

Among the better pieces of advice I got from my dad was: “The only two things worth borrowing money for are an education and a house.” I took that advice. It took ten years to pay off the education; I’m still paying on the house. When I landed my first job as a newspaper reporter, […]

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Catching Reality

5/14/2009 – 9:40 am

In the 21st century, change in America happens from the bottom up. That’s a sad commentary on our national leaders. Barack Obama, who has moved the federal government more in the past four months than the previous 30 years, is still playing catch-up to where most Americans have long since been. A few weeks ago, […]

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