New York Senator William Marcy first used the phrase “To the victor belong the spoils” during a Congressional debate way back in 1832 as the country was headed into a painful forty years of division […]

As we enter the fourth week of a quarantined existence, I remain inspired by what I see around me. Certainly, nothing compares to the courage shown and sacrifices made by our health care professionals, first responders, […]

In the 1980s, Ford Motor Company ran an extensive ad campaign that closed with various forms of the phrase “At Ford, Quality is Job 1.” The context for that, of course, was public concern about the […]

November 8, 2016 will be remembered as a day that ratified and accelerated a period of traumatic turbulence across our country. For the overly analytic, the foundations for that turbulence were put in place in 2000 […]

In most years, Presidents Day comes and goes as just another long weekend, with a vague notion that we are honoring someone or something. But given all that is going on in our government and across […]

Authors Note: this particular blog post is going to be a bit righteous. I will apologize in advance for the sermon, but not for the message. After a long campaign journey, the time has mercifully come for […]

Arguably the world’s most significant set of global diplomats gathered over the past two months for one of their regular meetings. I’m not talking about the G7, the G20, NATO or some committee at the United […]

Today is Labor Day, a holiday that was born in the tumult, social upheaval, and violence of the industrial revolution in the late 1800s. It was a time of boom-bust business cycles that left employees largely […]

I last posted a blog on Memorial Day and promptly went on summer hiatus to enjoy some family time and catch up on other work related activities. That Memorial Day post recalled all the significant struggles […]

If we believe in the American Dream for ourselves, we absolutely must believe in it for others. For many, many weeks (ok, months), I’ve wanted to write about how bad Donald Trump is for America […]