Category: At Large

Once upon a time, in a place called Jacksonville, Florida, named for Andrew Jackson, who never set foot anywhere within it’s broad city limits, there were a city councilman, a bureaucrat, a semi-retired jazz festival producer and two telecommunications executives who had too much time on their hands. As they watched the pages of Jacksonville history…

With the seasoning of the years, I’ve discovered that every human being has a gift. Our job is to seek it out, nourish and develop it in our fellow travelers, nurturing the slippery self esteem that surrounds it.

Listen to an audio version of this message.I marvel at our men and women in uniform. These days, it’s hard to get kids to make this a career, so I have a particular appreciation for those who have dedicated themselves to protecting our way of life for decades.They must work, even on the days we do…

I stopped drinking Coca Cola over a year ago. Not because I didn’t like it. In fact, I have been a Coca Cola enthusiast since junior high. I used to select restaurants based on whether or not they served Coke. I just decided I didn’t need the sugar. Tonight, Colleen and I went out to…

There is no tougher job than parenting. It’s hard work and you never know how well you did it until it’s too late to do anything about it.There are moments of indescribable joy, terror, anguish and anger, sometimes all mixed up in the same sixty seconds. It’s has consequences that most of us never thing…

If you’re like most of us in Michigan, your primary assignment for today is to stay warm and stay inside! What will you do with your snow day?What we used to do.. Build a fort out of the pillows from our living room furniture. Dig out some board games and try to remember the rules.…

Here’s my mini-review of the Samsung Galaxy Note SCH-1605. Chris Horner turned me onto this amazing device and, in short, if it weren’t for my unlimited ATT data plan and iMessage, I would be jettisoning my beloved iPhone.The Note is easier to read, and just enough smaller than an iPad mini to really work well…