“Assuredly, men of merit are never lacking at any time, for those are the men who manage affairs, and it is the affairs that produce the men.”

–Catherine the Great

Does it seem to you like every kid today gets a participation trophy for playing sports? Sign up, show up for some of the games, and there’ll be a trophy for you at the post-season party. It didn’t work that way when I was a Little Leaguer!

Back in the day, we settled […]

“Where people of goodwill get together and transcend their differences for the common good, peaceful and just solutions can be found, even for those problems that seem most intractable.”

–Nelson Mandela

Well, we’re now past Labor Day, meaning the election season will really heat up. Suffice it to say, there’s a lot of handwringing going on by the American people. Other than lowering the average age of the two candidates by eleven years, not much has changed with the ushering in of […]

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome.”

–Booker T. Washington

I have a confession to make. I cheated. Rather than watch the Olympics, I read about the events and watched on You Tube the performances that peaked my interest. Sort of a Cliff Notes version of the two-week-long spectacle that, for me, has too many advertisements, hype, and glitter to sit through.

I lost interest in the […]

“Be the person your dog thinks you are.”

–C. J. Frick, author

Since this post centers around credit cards, first a little history. The credit card concept was born in 1950 when a gentleman (who else?) in New York forgot his wallet and had to ask his wife (of course!) for cash to cover dinner. Soon, he and a colleague came up with the Diners Club Card, and bank cards followed later in the decade.

And just to show you how far the […]