My 72 year old father, who swore off computers after his Tandy TRS-80 blew up and he lost all of his stock data some 30 years ago, sent me a text message today.  It read: Dad just sent you a text!!! It’s not quite, “Watson, come here I need you,” but it’s a start. On [...]

Ben had hockey tryouts last week. Two nights.  90 minutes each.  In the end, the chosen team is posted on a wall. It’s the worst two nights of the year. And Ben made the team. I don’t have much to say about this other than the following observation: Nothing good comes from sorting 10 year [...]

It’s that time of year again. Budget season. Please allow me to offer a few thoughts, not only on some of the recent local comments that I have read and heard relative to this year’s budget, but also of the value we place on education and the professionals we entrust to do our most important [...]