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.
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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Among others, September is National Coupon, National Preparedness, and National Library Card Sign-Up Month…
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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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Yesterday, after breakfast, my wife said to me, “Don’t throw those bags out…I need those bags to put my bags in.”
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…
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
Last week, I was able to escape the swamp-like conditions of Washington, D.C., and trade them for the near perdition-like temperatures of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. There, I visited our Steel Summit subsidiary and made my way to Nashville for The Conference Board’s quarterly Government Relations Executive Council meeting.
Each morning, I receive an email that consolidates links to all of President Trump’s social media posts over the past 24 hours.
Questions come in all shapes and forms. Close-ended questions can be answered yes-no or true-false; open-ended questions call for the provision of multiple details; and leading questions guide the listener to provide a specific answer