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The Dodgers are in the National League Championship Series!  That alone is news, as the team hadn’t won a playoff series since 1988 and had only one a single playoff game in that stretch.

While the sweep of the Cubs was significant, the Dodgers have so many similarities to their Championship-winning 1988 team, fate suggests that this might be their year once again. 

The ‘88 Dodgers were coming off of a pretty miserable 1986 and 1987 season which saw them lose 89 games each year–their worst records in nearly two decades.  The 1988 team wasn’t expected to perform much better.  Orel Hershiser was … Continue Reading

221 years ago, the Constitution of the United States of America was signed, enacting one of the most important political documents ever developed.

Of related interest, the $24 million restoration of Montpelier was completed and unveiled today.  Montpelier was the home of James Madison, one of the Constitution’s primary architects and creater of the government it describes.  Here’s the article:

Montpelier Celebrates $24M Restoration

The Washington Post Magazine had a wonderful article on Montpelier about a year ago, noting that it was used as an indoor stable for a while and had fallen into tremendous disrepair over the years.  Architects would … Continue Reading

Eugene Robinson is a dependable columnist for the Washington Post who routinely writes insightful perspective pieces that resonate because of their frankness and conciseness.  He’s a regular read for me in the Post and a regular guest on the Tony Kornheiser show, a radio program now in hiatus while Mr. Kornheiser works Monday Night Football games for ESPN.  Anyway, Robinson was a sports editor and style editor at the paper before contributing to its editorials.

Here’s an article from today’s paper on the many lies of Sarah Palin.  I find her very facinating in that she is a caricature posing as … Continue Reading

In the spirit of the two political campaigns running on a platform of change, we’ve decided to just give everyone the change they’ve been looking for after nearly 8 years of the same web site.  Now, the political candidates can focus on real issues, instead of trying to appear the most “changey.”

On this new site, we’ll capture a vast array of topics that we’re keeping an eye on from business strategy, politics, culture, sports, technology, and family life.
Feel free to chime in, disagree, add topics and pass on to friends and colleagues.  Feedback always welcome.