The Senator Who Came Back
John Fetterman, Senator from Pennsylvania, is 6’8”, bald, wears a Carhartt hoodie and long shorts around the Capitol. He looks like a beaten-up wrestler from the WWE. For a successful politician he appears and acts like a man from another planet. But after reading a powerful excerpt from his new

Negotiating Two Oceans
It was time to change oceans. John and Julie King, retired and fed up with California taxes and congestion, needed an experienced crew to take
Should We Forget?
I have been struggling to write this blog for over a year now, but it is a topic I really want to discuss, because it
Hoping Against Hope
I read Matthew Stewart’s long, insufferable guilt laden essay last night, “The Birth of a New Aristocracy,” which is the cover story of the June Atlantic. Stewart recounts
Swarfcast Ep. 3 Talking Steel with Miles Free
Two weeks ago at the Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) Tech Conference I interviewed Miles Free, the association’s Director of Industry Research and Technology. He’s
The Retirement Question
Is retirement a curse or a blessing? Obviously, there is no single answer to the question. I have answered the question for myself without a
Hiring Line
The Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) Tech Conference just ended, and I had a chance to talk to many of the stalwarts in the machining

