Paid Not To Work?
PAID NOT TO WORK How absurd! The Capitalists will go crazy. Of course, but they seemed to love it when they were paid not to work - namely during the Great Depression of the 30s. During that depression, farmers had produced so much food that the market prices plunged,
Adventures in Gratitude
I recall a friend giving a blessing before dinner, “ bless this food, bless the farmer who grew it, bless our host who prepared it," and more. The vision I created was that one farmer grew the basket of food and somehow it was shipped to our table. I
The Millennial Gene: Meghan Markle
Meghan Markle is a millennial changing the world. Duchess Meghan has the "Millennial gene" that so many of our Millennials and Z-generation hold. The only debate is whether she’s a true Millennial; some folks say the cutoff is 1980, other say 1984. So what, she's got the gene! No
The Change of US Currencies
Follow the money. That’s what our Secretary of the Treasury had done about 80 years ago, and President Eisenhower wanted him to be his successor to the presidency. Robert Anderson, born in Burleson, Texas, was the sort of man who asked questions like, “What is a dollar?”. In his