There is no doubt that the healthcare system in America needs a decent overhaul. There are excellent programs in place (Medicare, Medicaid) to help, but they are often corrupted or tweaked in the wrong directions. In the end, the consumer that they were designed to serve -- the patient --...

This election has brought me several epiphanies.

Our phone has been ringing off the hook for days. The term is for these intrusions is robocalls. My dear wife Monqiue calls them robo-bullying. Since so many of them are coming from Crossroads GPS, I'm calling them Rove-o-bullying.

The more cash...

An interesting by-product of any downturn in an economy is that you can categorize the stakeholders into four categories -- victims, users, scavengers and survivors. The category that you fit into is not always one of your choosing but there is one universal thread between all of them -- they...

But he is trying again, and this time, he promises to succeed. He is betting his life on it....

"The anticipation is unbearable...! I hope it lasts." Those were the words spoken by Gene Wilder as the chocolatier Willie Wonka, from the words written by the children's book author and former M-5 agent, Raold Dahl. There are some who feel that way about health care reform. Properly crafted messages...

Altruism: The ultimate driver of charity. Doing something just because it is the right thing to do. It lies within all of us, to one extent or the other, indelibly etched in our genome and cultural heritage. In some, the willingness to yield to its power occurs every minute of...

Sometimes I feel that the best way to be optimistic is to have low expectations. That way so many more things will seem incredible and wonderful to you. That is not to say that incredible and wonderful things never happen. My family was the recipient of a magic moment over...