Category Archives: self-reliance

Graduates Special? We Never Were.

Published in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on Friday, July 27, 2012 http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/graduates-special-we-never-were-7468g3f-163923646.html One summer afternoon in the ‘80’s my friend Jim said, “Our high school years were the last good years of our lives.” Jim and I were fending off desert … Continue reading

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It’s Time to Pay for Our Post-War Party

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Saturday, August 27, 2011 Two events may have escaped notice in June when Wisconsin weather became so hot few noticed anything but the heat index. One was the 67th anniversary of D-Day. The … Continue reading

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