I caught up with Dan walk­ing his favorite black poo­dle “Zach” on a clear and chilly late after­noon. Dan, as you know is Pres­i­dent and one of the founders of SRI at Home. We spoke briefly about his hopes that SRI would grow to more houses and that he would see more vol­un­teers in 2010.

He seemed dis­traught that the foot­ball sea­son was over with…

A group of 40-​​​​year-​​​​old bud­dies dis­cuss where they should have din­ner. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Gasthof zum Lowen restau­rant because the wait­resses there have low-​​​​cut blouses and nice curves.

Ten years later,…

The well-​​​​known colum­nist David Brooks recently wrote a provoca­tive op-​​​​ed piece in The New York Times, titled The Geezers’ Cru­sade.

Although the piece is more bal­anced than the…