The Politics of the Lost Cause Lost causes are an interesting phenomena in politics.  Generally, these are the issues that have no hope of passing but political figures pursue them for some other reason.  Every year in the [...]

What’s Wrong With Washington? I had lunch yesterday with two colleagues, both lobbyists at the State Capitol.  As we discussed our favorite subject – politics – we asked each other a simple question about where we [...]

An Uncivil Society? “Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.” – The Dowager Countess Grantham, Downton Abbey During the broadcast of the Academy Awards© on Sunday evening, a writer for the satirical website The Onion [...]

From This Day Forward This weekend, my wife and I attended a wedding with many friends and co-workers.  The bride was lovely, the ceremony was beautiful and the reception was great fun.  Beth even convinced me to [...]

Avoiding The Fitness Cliff While our national leaders struggle with avoiding the fiscal cliff, the rest of us are facing our own cliff – a fitness cliff.  The holidays are here and delicious food, full of fat and [...]

Thank you, Zig Ziglar When I was just out of college, I took a job in commissioned sales.  I was really bad at it.  Really bad.  Beth and I nearly starved in our first year of marriage. I moved on to another job but [...]