Of cell phones and parking spaces
Good Sabbath to you! As author Jane Austen said, "Where shall I begin? Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?" Let us begin with the front page photo in Wednesday's Old Reliable.   July 17, 2005

Those free lunches cost a lot
Whoever came up with the expression "There's no free lunch" surely is long dead and gone. Today's culture abounds in "free lunches," from the corporate level on down.   Feb. 6, 2005



Another man's trash is their treasure
  Sept. 12, 2004



That big sigh of relief
I hesitated to write this column until it was certain Frances would go elsewhere.  Sept. 7, 2004