October 31, 2025
How many group text chains are you on? I’ve lost count.
October 24, 2025
I was in Phoenix for SCOA’s annual Credit Manager’s meeting. Beyond presenting my take on the U.S. economic and political outlooks, the trip offered me the chance to visit Sunstate Equipment, North America’s sixth largest construction equipment rental company, and touch base with many of SCOA’s other subsidiaries.
October 10, 2025
I’ve begun to receive a few questions about what next month’s off-year elections may portend for the 2026 mid-term elections.
October 3, 2025
October 1 was a beautiful day in downtown Washington, D.C. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, the temperature was a perfect 75 degrees, humidity was low at just 36%, and winds were light at 9 mph. What’s more, traffic was minimal, and I had my choice of seats on metro rides both to and from work.
September 26, 2025
My wife has been on me for months (well, years) to consolidate our two storage units into one. We have a small storage unit in the building we live in and maintain another one in a nearby town close to the home we sold when we decided to downsize.
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September 19, 2025
Among others, September is National Coupon, National Preparedness, and National Library Card Sign-Up Month…
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September 12, 2025
Earlier this week, my thought was to write about turning 60, what that means in Japanese culture, relate my celebration of Kanreki to French historian Fernand Braudel’s three cycles of history (day-to-day events; paradigm shifts; and longue durée), and finally link those cycles to current political and public policy trends. However, the aftershocks ripping across political Washington of Turning Point USA founder and conservative star Charlie Kirk’s assassination are just too big to ignore.
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September 5, 2025
Yesterday, after breakfast, my wife said to me, “Don’t throw those bags out…I need those bags to put my bags in.”
August 29, 2025
With the 2025-2026 NFL football season kicking off next week, the open question is not whether the Philadelphia Eagles will repeat as Super Bowl champions, whether Baltimore Ravens Quarterback Lamar Jackson can regain his MVP form, or even whether the Dallas Cowboys will finally make their way back to the NFC playoffs…
August 8, 2025
Thought of the Week As I mentioned last week, Congress is currently on its month-long August recess; coincidentally, yesterday marked the 200th day of Donald Trump’s presidency. Rather than focusing on putting out daily policy-related fires, Congressional recesses typically allow government affairs types time to sit back and contemplate some of the grander questions we