What Else We Know, by Rich Paschall In many ways, my mother, and her mother too, were products of The Great Depression. My mother was born in 1920. She was nine was when the stock market crashed and the economy… Read More ›
economy
BACKFIRE: THE BIG MISCALCULATION
From the Battleground, by Rich Paschall “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” – Jan. 22 From the very beginning, DJT has… Read More ›
PANTS ON FIRE – Rich Paschall
State of the Union Address, aka SOTU Let’s get right to the point, something political speeches usually do not do. The pronouncements made by the occupant of the White House fall into basically two categories: Lies, and True, but misleading. … Read More ›
NEW MOMS, NEW POPS
Garry came back from the deli with news. Lance and Betsy have sold the place and are retiring. Someone else is taking over. Quaker Deli and its friendly and generous owners were among the very first people to welcome us to… Read More ›
WE’VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN
I went looking in my files for a story — which I didn’t find. Maybe it’s on one of my backup drives. I’ll have to look. Meanwhile, I found this unfinished bit. I wrote it in 2006. Life is much better now. It is… Read More ›