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01-30-24 Dew Point

A specific combination of temperature, humidity and air pressure results in dew drops. This visible appearance of water is often used as a benchmark for meteorologists when analyzing weather conditions and comfort levels. Some manufacturing processes are sensitive to...

01-23-24 To Be

A well-known soliloquy by the Shakespearean character, Hamlet, begins with the existential question, “To be or not to be”. Although Hamlet is addressing a personal course of action, the same question can be applied in a myriad of circumstances. Our communities have...

01-16-24 Is the dream still alive?

The ideals and philosophy of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. are as relevant today as when he fought inequality and injustice in the 1950s and 1960s. Arguably, his most publicized speech at the Lincoln Memorial August 28, 1963, elevated the phrase, “I have a dream…”...

01-09-24 Days of infamy

President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the phrase “Day of Infamy” to describe the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that resulted in the United States entry into World War II. Other momentous flashpoints are also known by a singular phrase such as “Remember the Maine”...

01-02-24 The Clean-Up

In an historical context, the dustbin of history is filled with people and events that have lost their value, either through the passage of time, new information or irrelevance. Along with once important, but now discarded theories and ideologies, the dustbin may also...

12-26-23 Sounds of a New Year

The sound of this new year will be a collective sigh of relief as 2023 dwindles to its last few days. As another calendar year begins, although largely symbolic, it signals a renewal of purpose and intent to improve and excel beyond what has been. Many New Year toasts...