It was raw and cold, and I needed a break from writing proposals on a winter Saturday. I was headed down to Columbia Pike to use the Navy gas station near the Pentagon when I noticed it: a little hairline of silver that had crept out of the windshield frame on the driver’s side. It […]

Even on Saturday I know when it is time to get in the shower and get my sorry butt in gear when the men start the engines on the earthmovers, and the back-up signals on the big dump-trucks starting beeping. The pit is getting fairly deep on the north side of what used to be […]

Even on Saturday I know when it is time to get in the shower and get my sorry butt in gear when the men start the engines on the earthmovers, and the back-up signals on the big dump-trucks starting beeping. The pit is getting fairly deep on the north side of what used to be […]

The Congressman was a stitch, a real joker. I don’t know who he was, but his soundbite was great. He came out of the deliberations on the stimulus package for the faltering economy and argued that only people who actually pay taxes should get a rebate check. I assume he was one of those Republicans […]

The Feds hit the panic button before trading opened on Wall Street on Tuesday, dropping the Prime lending rate by three-quarters of a percent. The bold move was out-of-cycle with the regular meetings of the Reserve Board, and was intended to signal the intense concern of the US Government over the melt down of markets […]

(Off limits- File photo of another war)  A pal of mine is still in the government. He has a responsibility to look south of the border and keep track of what is going on. He gets to play with real toys, and has real problems. He is more than a little concerned about safety and […]

(Off limits- File photo of another war)  A pal of mine is still in the government. He has a responsibility to look south of the border and keep track of what is going on. He gets to play with real toys, and has real problems. He is more than a little concerned about safety and […]

Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule–and both commonly succeed, and are right. – H. L. Mencken I accidentally watched part of the debate between the two and a half Democrats who squared off in some state or another in a […]

Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule–and both commonly succeed, and are right. – H. L. Mencken I accidentally watched part of the debate between the two and a half Democrats who squared off in some state or another in a […]

They say it is going to get cold again, and it would be inconvenient if I had been planning on being outside. It is a three-day weekend for a lot of folks, though not in the cockpit of action. I had to call a series of meetings of the partners on Monday to get ready […]