October 20, 2012

Daddy Makes Only So Much Money

The bus stopped.  We got off, and, with anticipation in my heart, the two of us made the short walk into Woolworth's.  There the shiny terrazzo tile floor sparkled colors under my black and white saddle shoes, increasing my excitement....

October 6, 2012

Dead Presidents and a Dying Economy

Within a year of the John F. Kennedy assassination -- the murder that conspiracy theorists still allege was committed by either the Central Intelligence Agency or Federal Bureau of Investigation or both -- a scheming group of government employees tar...