View From Here: Power of Nasty

View From Here: Power of Nasty: I’ve struggled to understand what has happened to our country. Maybe nothing happened to turn us away from pleasant to ugly. I remember ...

View From Here: Holiday Blues

View From Here: Holiday Blues: Not everyone is excited by the holidays. Whether it is the first snowfall or the glitter of holiday decorations appearing steadily, some...

View From Here: Phone Call

View From Here: Phone Call: A Saturday afternoon and the cell phone vibrates. A call coming from Arizona. The number seemed familiar so I answered. It was my sister...

View From Here: Family and Values of Same

View From Here: Family and Values of Same: This is an odd time to be alive. Well, I guess most of us can say that just about any time or all the time! Depends on what you are refe...

View From Here: Bubbles and Busts

View From Here: Bubbles and Busts: Are we heading for another boom and bust cycle? Will home prices soar to unsustainable heights and then collapse like they did 10 years ...

View From Here: Thanksgiving Day!

View From Here: Thanksgiving Day!: Many happy wishes for you and yours this day. It is a time we Americans set aside to give thanks for all our blessings. Whether you are ...

View From Here: Matters Overshadowed

View From Here: Matters Overshadowed: Sit down at a table with a pad of paper and a pen. Get ready now! Put on your thinking cap. If needed, close your eyes and think on this...

View From Here: The Look was Stark

View From Here: The Look was Stark: “I need to learn how to love myself.” This was said by an 18-year-old high school senior, a bright honor student, and a drug addict. Sub...

View From Here: Innovation

View From Here: Innovation: If you have a mind to start your own company, or at least manufacture a new product, please keep in mind that many new products fail bec...

View From Here: Nasty Business

View From Here: Nasty Business: Yesterday I wrote about the tax reform bill being considered by Congress. As you know a few more things are hidden in the bill they don’...

View From Here: Tax Reform?

View From Here: Tax Reform?: Congress is wrestling to reform the federal income tax system. Both corporate/business and personal taxes are under examination. The tim...

View From Here: Bumps on the Road

View From Here: Bumps on the Road: Sitting in the waiting room of the local surgicenter. Rocky is in for a brief procedure to remove a kidney stone discovered in 2014 but ...

View From Here: Community

View From Here: Community: I mentioned this term yesterday, community . In fact, I closed the post with the topic. Successful people – and citizens – look for p...

View From Here: Puzzles and Solutions

View From Here: Puzzles and Solutions: The topic today is mysterious to me. For some reason I will stumble across a problem and wonder about it. That leads to defining it as b...

View From Here: Ideas Matter

View From Here: Ideas Matter: Awake at 2 am. Thoughts spinning in my head. Realize blog post for today not written. Started but not finished. So many ideas swirling a...

View From Here: Culture Shift – Millennials

View From Here: Culture Shift – Millennials: Two articles recently on the internet suggested millennials are not supportive of long-held beliefs and attitudes of our American past. ...

View From Here: Violence

View From Here: Violence: A few years ago, we went out for a light supper. Corner Bakery in Warrenville was our destination. We traveled down Winfield Road and tu...

View From Here: Minimalist Lifestyle

View From Here: Minimalist Lifestyle: When I think of this title – minimalist – I don’t match it with me. I’ve had lots of stuff surrounding me most of my life. I strove to b...

View From Here: Connecting

View From Here: Connecting: In SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives – learn more at www.SCORE.org ) meeting with a client is pretty personal. Up close, too. ...

View From Here: Bits and Pieces

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: Successor to Yellen at Federal Reserve? He doesn’t have an economics degree, undergraduate or graduate level, but he is a trained law...

View From Here: Federal Indictments - Russia Probe

View From Here: Federal Indictments - Russia Probe: One shoe dropped, then a second, and a third. That gets the parade of intended indictments started. Not a flood of action, but a good st...

View From Here: Drug Epidemic

View From Here: Drug Epidemic: All across America people are talking of the opioid crisis. They refer to it as an epidemic. Not just teenagers are dying, but adults in...