It sits in my office but can fit in my shirt pocket. These days, I read it more than a new bride checks a cookbook or a new car buyer checks the owner’s manual. What is it? It’s not that I don’t know what’s in that little 3 by 5 booklet–it’s that I’m incredulous that so many people either don’t know or simply ignore that booklet—that small copy of the U.S. Constitution… Whether you read
Put a fork in Donald Trump. He’s done. The beginning of the end, a press release from the Office of The New York State Attorney General noting that the civil investigation into The Trump Organization that’s about a month old will be evolving into a criminal probe. The press release did not give further details but suggested a parallel investigation with the Manhattan DA into the Trump Organization’s banking activities. According to one source, Trump
With the possible exception of hotels, has any American industry suffered more from the Pandemic than the restaurant business? In an industry that loses 50 thousand restaurants a year in good times, the predictions for the survival of restaurants and the industry as a whole were dire. Some experts said one third of all eateries would fail. One well known chef-owner put the number of closures in the fine dining segment as high as 75%.
History tells us we can spend our way out of a depression. It happened in the 20th Century as Hirohito and later Hitler forced us into war, and the nation was compelled to produce. America needed everything, Guns, Tanks, Ships, Jeeps, planes, bombs and bullets. Not to mention gasoline and diesel fuel, thousands of uniforms. America rolled up its collective sleeves, went to work or went to war and made the sacrifices to get the
My wonderful Mother Grace Crane stepped out of here 6 years ago. I think of Gracie, as we all called her, often. Sometimes with a tear in my eye, but usually with a smile. My Mom was warm and generous, elegant and kind, and she had a gentle wisdom that in my experience is the secret weapon of Irish women. She would tell us that everything is ok in moderation while warning us that nothing