“We really aren’t going to be able to do what we need to do to be prepared for pandemic flu.” “I doesn’t look like it.” “We aren’t good an anticipating. We are good at responding — after the fact.” “Yep.” “Think of Y2K. We were actually able to do the…

I’d never worked on a book before, let alone a project like Never Stop Dancing: A Memoir. My friend and author, Robert Jacoby, interviewed me the year after my wife Amy died in 2010. The interviews became the source for the book. …

Do you remember when we’d run in the woods and play tag and throw rocks in the stream? Do you remember when we’d lie on the ground and stare at the sky and count the clouds? Do you remember when we’d ride bikes and the time I broke my arm? …

Nine years ago was also a beautiful sunny day. We said goodbye, I walked our seven-year-old to the school bus stop then left for work. She drove our four-year-old to preschool and never made it to work. By all measures I have a good life. I’m remarried to a wonderful…

Now that the Mueller Report has landed, it’s time to seize the moment! Both sides are calling for transparency and the release of the report so they can claim collusion or no collusion and declare victory. So, what is in the report? What will we find out? When will we…

It’s been just over 24 hours since President Trump declared our National Emergency. Many of us are left wondering what does it mean? What can I do? One thing we can do is convert our worry and anxiety into action! This is what Americans have always done during times of…

“We will build great moon planes. Amazing and beautiful and great moon planes. Trust me.” — John F. Kennedy, June 22, 1961 “Great Moon Plane Speech” Baylor University If you don’t remember John F. Kennedy’s “Great Moon” quote from the height of the Cold War, it’s because I just made…

Eight years ago used to be a long time ago. Like when I graduated college and looked back at the end of 8th grade; that summer before high school. When Reagan left off and H.W. …

We got take out tonight. Christmas Eve. The four of us. We got take out tonight from a place we go to from time to time. Salvadoran/Mexican. We got take out tonight from the restaurant where my late wife and I ate dinner the week before our first child was…