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  • Stimulus Goodies, Good Souls, and Grifters

    Stimulus Goodies, Good Souls, and Grifters0

    On March 29, I spoke with a loan agent for a bank in a medium-sized city who wishes to remain anonymous. Her desire for anonymity will become clear after you read what she told me. Her bank, like many others, often works with the Small Business Administration (SBA) in making loans. The SBA guarantees a

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  • Stillness Lost

    Stillness Lost0

    • August 24, 2015

    The frequent texting, the flipping back and forth between apps on your tablet, the intermittent glancing at notifications of social media updates. What these actions both cause and represent is a lack of stillness – that inner state of restfulness needed to focus on an activity for a significant amount of time. Chances are that

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  • Sticking Up for the First Amendment

    Sticking Up for the First Amendment0

    There is an advantage to being 70 years old, with no Twitter account, no interest in Facebook, no regular job, and no financial dependents. I can speak my mind. I refrain from pushing my politics on others, but if asked I will tell you I supported the Trump-Pence ticket and explain why. If asked my

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  • Stevie Wonder: If Black Lives Matter, then Stop all this Black-on-Black Killing

    Stevie Wonder: If Black Lives Matter, then Stop all this Black-on-Black Killing0

    If I was to name one of the more interesting and unpredictable parts of my week, it would have to be the handful of hours I spend volunteering in a children’s program in the inner city of Minneapolis. The kids I see week after week come from a variety of backgrounds, but if classified according

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  • Steven Pinker: Free Speech Should Not Be a Partisan Issue

    Steven Pinker: Free Speech Should Not Be a Partisan Issue0

    In a speech given at a recent forum, Harvard University scientist Steven Pinker described the decline of free speech at colleges and universities. The prominent psychologist and author was asked why intolerance seems to come more often from the left on campuses. He offered a simple answer. “Because surveys show that overwhelmingly professors and students

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  • Steve Wenger, Vaccine Survivor

    Steve Wenger, Vaccine Survivor4

    Working as a telecom construction project manager on a Navajo reservation in Arizona, Steve Wenger was reluctant to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But the reservation was hit hard by COVID, and its residents put a lot of pressure on him to get the jab. So, in May 2021, Wenger, now 56, got the Johnson &

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