28th Edition October 17th, 2023  Our True Identity What gives you your identity? I’ve been thinking about that question a lot lately. When I first meet someone, I always ask where they are from.  Where you grew up can be a big

27th Edition The Luckiest Generation My generation has been the luckiest generation in the history of our country. Our standard of living has reached an unprecedented level, one that is unlikely to be maintained, let alone exceeded, by future generations. Why this pessimistic

26th Edition  Dear Mayor Two months ago, I visited my hometown, Herkimer, NY.  When I grew up there in the 60s and 70s, it was a prosperous small town of around 10,000 people. It was supported by a few local, privately-owned manufacturing

25th Edition  Armchair Historians While it is generally accepted that the game of basketball was invited by Dr. James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, some historians contend that the first official game was played elsewhere. How do I know this? Because that place was

22nd Edition  Why is it that many of history’s most impactful utterances have been the shortest? The Gettysburg Address, arguably the most famous speech ever given by a U.S. President was only 272 words and took President Lincoln only 2 minutes

21st Edition  The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article recently on work-life balance – “Elon Musk Is All About the Nonstop Grind. And He Can’t Stop Talking About It.” According to the article, Musk is struggling to motivate his employees

On Friday, November 13, 1970, my dad and I went to a dinner the night before Notre Dame was scheduled to play a home football game against Georgia Tech. Attending that dinner was a Notre Dame legend, the 1947 Heisman

I grew up in a small town in upstate New York. Raised, literally, by a community of parents, neighbors, coaches, teachers, and the occasional police officer. The foundational values I learned shaped how I think about our society and country

Celebrating anniversaries is a big part of our culture. Some are joyful, like wedding anniversaries. This August my wife and I plan to celebrate our 37th. Others are more profound and remind us of heroic accomplishments that forever changed history.

Social media is one of those really controversial issues that isn’t going away. Nearly everyone uses some aspect of it. For example, according to DemandSage, Instagram has an astounding 2.35 billion users. I don’t consider myself one of them, and