State park trail entry point.

Journey Home

Tales from the pilgrimage.

Economy

  • Republicans Choose Budget Reconciliation

    Try though I did to reach out, my Republican members of Congress did not hear the message. All of them voted yes on the reconciliation framework. Following is what I wrote my congresswoman: Rep. Miller-Meeks,Vote no on the reconciliation bill.During your recent telephone town hall you mentioned the reconciliation bill and ways to offset the… Read more

  • Provisioning in Isolation

    Millennials seem unlikely to purchase homes in the same numbers as my cohort did. So many are sharing an apartment or house and paying rent. It becomes difficult for them to build equity the way I did when we paid down a mortgage. There are other consequences of living with others in a shared apartment… Read more

  • Aging in America – Part II

    On Aug. 14, 1935, Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. FDR is rightly credited with leading the United States out of the Depression and re-framing the relationship between government and society. It is hard to imagine what modern life would be like without The New Deal. By the time I made… Read more

  • Toward Sustainable Pandemic Recovery

    The climate crisis continues in the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic with its economic downturn threatens years of progress addressing climate change and sustainability. It’s now or never for the environment. Governments are expected to spend trillions of dollars in stimulus to get the economy going again. Addressing the climate crisis can’t wait. Climate solutions must… Read more