Opinion
It was in the fall of 2013, October maybe, and my wife of forty-six years, Robin, was so very ill. She had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer about a year…
by By Stan Fine, Columnist December 15, 2022Christmas is coming and another year is about to end. A new one begins. I wish all who read this a great Christmas and a good new year full of peace and prospe…
by By David Cater, Star-Gazing December 8, 2022Dad won the Texas State High School Championship as a clarinetist, then joined the Navy in 1938 as a musician. In peacetime, he played the clarinet and saxopho…
by By Gene Linzey, Reflections on Life December 8, 2022I am often asked why I selected the title of "Building Main Street, not Wall Street" as the title for my weekly column. The response is always the same, whethe…
by John Newby, columnist December 8, 2022From a solitary grey cloud floating leisurely across the blue sky fell a single drop of rain. To the casual observer, that lone drop of moisture was inconseque…
by By Stan Fine, Columnist December 1, 2022I've used this quote before, but it bears repeating. Albert Einstein said, "The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed …
by John Newby, columnist November 24, 2022There have been moments, terrible moments, in the history of our species that have pushed the fabric of human endurance to the very breaking point. Our ancesto…
by By Stan Fine, Columnist November 17, 2022Charles Dickens is famous for the quote: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was …
by John Newby, columnist November 17, 2022Now it is fall and winter is coming on. The Earth moves through its orbit and, this time of year, we move past being able to see the brightest part of our Milk…
by By David Cater, Star-Gazing November 3, 2022It's funny how differently two people can feel about the same event. I, knowing David as well as I did, knew David quite clearly had an ulterior motive. That, …
by By Stan Fine, Columnist November 3, 2022Marcus Samuelsson once said, "One of the reasons that people enjoy coming to a great restaurant is that, when an extraordinary meal is placed in front of them,…
by John Newby, columnist November 3, 2022I received an email this past week from a reader of my weekly column which made me think of this quote. Winston Churchill once said, "To improve is to change; …
by John Newby, columnist October 27, 2022Clayton Christiansen, a great business mind and Harvard Business School dean once said, "The reason why it is so difficult for existing businesses to capitaliz…
by John Newby, columnist October 20, 2022Flight crew captain Cabeza and co-pilot Bacus had flown the route between Kankakee, Illinois, and Dallas, Texas several times. They and the other two members o…
by By Stan Fine, Columnist October 20, 2022Haim Ginott once said, "Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it."
by John Newby, columnist October 13, 2022