Thursday, November 30, 2017

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 ...

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

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...

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

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...

Monday, November 27, 2017

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...

Friday, November 24, 2017

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 ...

Thursday, November 23, 2017

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 ...

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

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...

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

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...

Monday, November 20, 2017

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...

Friday, November 17, 2017

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’...

Thursday, November 16, 2017

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...

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

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 ...

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

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...

Monday, November 13, 2017

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...

Friday, November 10, 2017

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...

Thursday, November 9, 2017

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. ...

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

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...

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

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...

Monday, November 6, 2017

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. ...

Friday, November 3, 2017

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...

Thursday, November 2, 2017

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...

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

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...