One of the fundamental goals of our founding document, the Constitution of the United States of America. The Preamble states:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of [...]

The year was 2004, the night of the Iowa Caucuses, an enthusiastic third place finisher, the Governor of Vermont Howard Dean, spoke to the gathered crowd of energetic supporters early, acknowledging his defeat to Senators John Kerry (MA) and John Edwards (NC), the first and second place finishers respectively.

History would find Charlie and me watching [...]

My day started out with Charlie telling me that Hillary got her magic 10% victory. I should have taken that cue, and went back to bed and just stayed there. But, I’m an optimist, and so I take the news in stride and continue with my plans for the day, Charlie makes me [...]

Wow, just realized that I haven’t blogged at all this so far this month. Been really busy at work, and for the past four days struggling with my internet connection and reconfiguring my home network. Hopefully both are complete now. But I’m not holding my breath.~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~Today marks 7 years since my Father [...]