Muhammad Ali was an enigma. When I first encountered him back in the 1960’s, I thought he was egotistical and full of braggadocio. But, as Ali said: “It’s not bragging if you can back it up.” And, back it up he did. His battle with Parkinson’s disease for over 3 Read more…
We hear a lot about Memorial Day Weekend being “the unofficial start of summer.” It’s a time for family outings, outdoor barbeques, retail sale extravaganzas, etc. This misses the point. Memorial Day, which falls on the last Monday in May each year, is to honor those who made the ultimate Read more…
Yesterday was a day of celebration in the Gardner family: my father’s 90th birthday party. We had the whole family in, people from his church choir, a couple of guys that he had worked with at Panasonic just prior to retirement, his 93-year old sister and her 2 daughters, my Read more…
When I was a teenager, I worked at a private country club. There was a men’s only room where cards were played, copious amounts of alcohol was consumed, and off-color jokes and stories dominated the conversation. As I look back on this, it was good that this area was off-limits Read more…
I don’t live in constant fear of being impacted by terrorist actions such as occurred in Paris this past Friday. I’m not suggesting that such acts can’t or won’t occur in the U.S. It’s unacceptable that terror attacks occur anywhere. Despite our best efforts, terror attacks may occur on U.S. Read more…