I think this is the first weekend of the year that I haven’t had either a commitment of some sort, or an inability to feel truly relaxed because I’ve had the taxes hanging over my head. I’m very much enjoying this Friday night’s feeling. Of course, I think some significant part of that is seeing … Read more
My father is 67 today. Happy Birthday, Dad! I just got tricked into answering a solicitation call. Santa brought us a new telephone that never lets the phone ring for UNKNOWN CALLER or PRIVATE CALLER, which has been great—but it’s made me even less tolerant of any give-me-money calls that do get through. I’ve gotten … Read more
“We’re not going to be able to do anything about any of these entitlements if what we do is characterize whatever proposals are put out there as, ‘Well, you know, that’s — the other party’s being irresponsible. The other party is trying to hurt our senior citizens. That the other party is doing X, Y, … Read more