In 1997, Time magazine profiled central banker Alan Greenspan, along with Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and then Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, under the title “The Committee To…

Anyone who has driven through our home state knows the phrase “miles and miles of Texas” is an understatement. To travel between our major cities is to spend at least…

At the end of each year Americans learn the magnitude of their national economy's growth over the previous twelve months. This number, the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), functions like…

I always feel like somebody's watchin' meAnd I have no privacyI always feel like somebody's watchin' meIs it just a dream?"Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell (1984) The 1984 hit “Somebody’s…

In nearly every purchase of a capital asset there exists a metric to judge what value has been received at the time of purchase.  In the commercial real estate market,…

World War II was a transformative event for our nation in many different ways.  Some of the societal norms that existed before the war never returned.  The national transition from…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7EJMyL6htw There is a bear in the woods.For some people the bear is easy to see.Others don’t see it at all.Some people say the bear is tame.  Others say it…

Frank Sinatra’s 1958 hit personifies how the public romanticized airline travel in the late 1950s.  The 1950s are considered to be the golden age of air travel.  However,  the cost…

In high school my pastor was a veteran of World War II, a war in which he served as a pilot.  A story he told regarding night-flying training has stayed…

During the holidays many Americans reacquaint themselves with the large maps found in the walkways of shopping malls and airports. Looking at the building’s layout from a birds-eye view, your…