Category Archives: Inspiration

Uncle Jim was the black sheep of our family.  He conned my father out of his life’s savings, bilked friends, and swindled strangers in a seemingly endless series of get-rich-quick schemes. As a boy, I remember being increasingly embarrassed every … Continue reading →

One of the most remarkable people I have ever met was Benjamin Rossow.  Ben was one of Rachel’s kids (Forget Yourself below) and of all her children perhaps the most challenged.  Born without a brain, all he had was the … Continue reading →

On this day in l945, Trinity, the first nuclear device, was detonated in the New Mexico desert 120 miles south of Santa Fe.  From a distance of 10,000 yards, scientists observed as a mushroom shaped cloud of searing light stretched … Continue reading →

The Declaration of Independence was adopted two days after the Second Continental Congress approved the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain.  The document was intended to be a formal statement detailing the reasons for the separation but … Continue reading →

There is a question in every problem we perceive.  For Billy Shore, it was embedded in a news report of a famine in a distant land.  The headline said: “200,000 to Die this Summer in Ethiopia.” “The calamity had not … Continue reading →