Tom Cochrun /Light Breezes

     This post's title is borrowed from a novel I began years ago. It was a political intrigue that seemed too implausible. Not anymore....

swallow tale at work in cambria free to be...       Next time you get a chance, slow down long enough to watch a butterfly at wor...

orientation      It is a difficult challenge that confronts all of us. In a time of intemperance, anger and hyperbole how can we re...

THE TYRANNY OF THE NUMBERS       Faster is not always better. At least that's true in a couple of human endeavors. A delightful col...

FRAMES BOND    There was a time when I thought he could become the first black President.  It was the late 60's and his articulat...

WHAT'S IN THE CARDS?      Speculation and politicking has begun though Attorney General Eric Holder says he won't leave office un...

 FROM THE ARCHIVE As we dive more deeply into campaign season, and as the talk turns to economics as it surely will I wonder how we w...

THE WINNINGEST Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images THE SUPER K's It was an historic moment when Duke Coach Mike  Krzyewski ...