"Here's to the teachers in the crowded schools. Here's to the workers in the fields. Here's to the preachers of the sacred words. Here's to the....More
“We‘re so technologically savvy now, so focused on efficiency and productivity, that a lot of times we forget about the human being behind the wheel....More
It's been three years now since my pickup died -- more like killed, actually. The first vehicle I'd ever bought (with a big fat loan from my parents....More
Spent some time a few weeks back at Goodyear's Commercial Tire Academy in Dallas, TX, immersing myself in lots of truck tire details. We all know how....More
"Let us endeavor to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." --Mark Twain. It's been a long, sad year in many ways for me....More
"We know how to build and repair roads to last longer, but it requires a greater investment up front. Given the fact that urban travel continues to....More
“Quiet about his work, very loud with his results.” - Mark Rypien, former quarterback, describing Art Monk, former Washington Redskins wide receiver....More
"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one." --....More
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." -- W.B. Yeats Though I am quoting from Yeats' poetical masterpiece....More
"Originality is a valuable element in human affairs. There is always need of persons not only to discover new truths, and point out when what were....More
"But all I can do, is all I can do, and I keep on trying. And all I can be, is all I can be, and I keep on trying. There‘s always a mountain in front....More
"The best stories are never written -- they are re-written." --Paul Page That bit of journalistic philosophy, shared by one of my former bosses....More
I look forward to the month of March every year, not only because it's when I get to travel to Louisville, KY, to attend the gigantic Mid-America....More