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Sense of Serving

The military draft has been a focus of my life since I was a teenager. I was a Vietnam Kid. The war always loomed large for me. When I was in college I was obsessed with it. I was convinced that I would die in Vietnam if I had to

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The American President

The musings of a wandering used machinery dealer. Donald Trump, real estate mogul, is killing the housing market in his first week as president-elect.  Mortgage

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Young Had to Wait

A person can be blessed with immense natural talents, but achieving greatness takes both stubbornness and faith. I just finished reading QB, the new biography

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Energy Trumped Statistics

I have been a baseball and political junkie for the last six months, reading all the statistics and scuttlebutt I could digest. I found a

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Congratulations to Me!

I received calls and emails all day congratulating me on the Cubs fantastic victory Wednesday in the World Series. Thanks, I did get the winning

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Every Breath I Take

My daughter Sarah’s goal for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year holiday, was to make her congregants think about how they want to live their

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