A Brave New World

At the middle of the twentieth century at the end of World War II, the United States was near full employment, Europe, Japan and China were devastated, and the US had virtually no competition in the world. Whatever the US made would sell – domestically and internationally. As the decades passed, Europe, Japan and China […]

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Commencement Address . . . Some Time Ago . . .

I gave a few high school commencement addresses – typically they were as follows The student body president was eloquent in her remarks reflecting on the students’ experiences in high school and her call for her classmates to become active and productive citizens as they prepare to enter the real world.  The class had listened […]

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