This story starts with a six year old boy who was predictably driving his mom crazy. With two younger sisters that required attention, the boy’s hyperactivity was difficult to manage. Soon he found himself shipped […]

  The front pages of our newspapers are currently dominated by important events like the stock market, the threat from ISIS, and the most recent set of natural disasters. The attention-grabbing nature of the urgent […]

In A Taxing Point of View, I argued for a broad array of tax reforms designed to simplify the tax structure, increase transparency, and create a better framework for the government’s business model. I closed […]

As the US economy has slowly improved over the past two years, the tension and hype around federal budget deficits and debt limits has receded some.  Congress is easily distracted from the important to the […]

In last week’s Suggestion Bach’s post, I argued that increasing income inequality is largely a function of jobs, or more precisely, the lack of them.  Certainly, there are other contributing factors, including a misaligned tax […]

Having lived in the Seattle metropolitan area for almost 25 years, at some point, you’d think I’d get acclimated to its unique approach to civic issues.  Not so much.  Just about every year something new […]

My Father was born in the roaring twenties

My Father grew up in the depression

My Father found his sweetheart…for 60 years

My Father was a chemical engineer and math wiz

My Father provided for his family

As part of my role on the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) board of directors, Pauline and I recently attended the Sochi Olympics. For all of the concerns and issues leading up to the games, our […]

I thought we should begin with an important question: “What do you do when you are done?” Of course, I don’t mean “done” in a grave-in-the-cemetery sort of way – but “done” in a time-to-do-something-new […]