Mount Guyot in the remote Pemigewasset Wilderness of the White Mountains of New Hampshire has a lot going for it—it is arguably one of the best views in the Whites. Yet many hikers fail to take in its beauty. Why? In part, because it is remote, few make the hike. But, because of a label,… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Schizophrenic Presidential Candidates?
We all have trouble separating ourselves from our thinking; yet we can catch ourselves being lost in our thinking. When a thought we have is simply not true, we are capable of recognizing it as false. Someone who is schizophrenic has temporarily lost this capacity; they believe every thought they have. Psychologist George Pransky tells… Continue Reading
Honest Workers vs. Beltway Bandits
We live in a small town; and although the saying that everybody knows everybody is an exaggeration, there probably are no more than two or three degrees of separation between almost everyone in our community. Earlier this summer we needed overgrown brush cut from our property. We mention this to one of the workers on… Continue Reading
Entrepreneurs are Heroes
I’m old enough to remember when all bicycles were expensive. I can remember, as a boy growing up in the Bronx, my excitement over receiving my first two-wheel bicycle. We took the subway to a warehouse downtown that specialized in bicycles. My first bicycle had no gears and cost around $35; a bike with gears… Continue Reading
Why We Tolerate a Wasteful Congress
The Pentagon has never been known for its budget cutting ways; indeed, they spend $3 billion a day. Yet even for the Pentagon, some spending is unconscionable. The Pentagon wants to suspend refurbishment of the M1 Abrams tank pending a tank redesign. This time the Pentagon is siding with commonsense, as they ask, why refurbish… Continue Reading