September 14, 2024
What Andy Reid and the Trappist Monks Taught Me About Life
This commentary first appeared as a guest post on the site of my friend Rob Brancatelli. He runs a website that features thoughtful posts on
January 8, 2024
Work, Retirement and Time
My friend Robert Brancatelli always manages to come up with thoughtful comments in his blog entries. You can read all of his posts here. His
May 28, 2023
A Retreat to Silence, Contemplation and Clarity
A friend of mine, Robert Brancatelli, recently posted a nice remembrance of a restaurant he used to frequent, named The Monk's Retreat. You can
March 3, 2017
Minimum Drinking Age? We Need a Minimum College Age!
This commentary appeared on the higher education web site SeeThruEdu on March 1, 2017. It is included as a link on my "Published Work" page,
January 26, 2017
Of websites and re-invention – What a wonderful world!
At this moment, you are reading the inaugural blog post on my newly redesigned and consolidated web site. It is the successor to my “old”
January 18, 2016
My Preparations to Win the Powerball
Like others with no sense, I spent a few dollars on the recent Powerball lottery. Might as well get into the game to win $1.6 billion
December 15, 2015
DuPont, A Personal Reflection
As the DuPont Company prepares to slide into corporate oblivion, I wanted to share a personal reflection. This commentary piece appeared on The Philadelphia Inquirer "Think Tank"
February 23, 2015
I Know It’s Cold – But Enough With the Wind Chill!
February in Philadelphia. It's supposed to be cold, and it is. I'll admit that, with the temperatures flirting with lows of zero degrees, I am colder
January 15, 2015
This Eastern Time Zone is Killing Me!
OK, I survived the college football bowl season and the championship game. I also survived Monday, Thursday and Sunday night football. Prior to that, it
December 17, 2013
Those “Silver Linings” Memories
It came back to me when I watched the last couple of scenes in the movie Silver Linings Playbook. The view of the lobby of the
December 10, 2013
Nice to be back – Time to re-engage
It has been a rather long layoff, as I notice that my most recent blog posting was back in March. There isn't one big reason