Gapminder: Drama vs Facts
I loved those Gapminder TED Talks, about how much Infant Mortality is down globally. It’s amazing. Then Hans Rosling and…
Matt Fowler
The Parable of the Boxes
We all have a box to fill, metaphorically, but that’s not the most important question. The question is not even…
Moving to North Carolina
My wife and I moved to Wilmington last summer for no reason other than we like the area, the water,…
Politics 101: Leadership
I have an idea why America is so polarized, or one reason anyway. When you think about hiring a Congressman…
Visit The Azores
My wife and I got to visit to The Azores with our daughter, her husband and his parents. The take-away…
On Monuments: A Moderate’s View
In 2017 when the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville resulted in the death of an innocent bystander, I became…
17 years and counting, creating value for MLSs
I was doing some research online and found some old images of Charlottesville’s consumer website, mycaar.com. We built it for…
Monumental Huntsville
They finally did it, they moved the Confederate Monument to historic Maple Hill Cemetery into a more historically correct context.…
Florence, Wow.
Yesterday a friend sent me a Resolution passed by the Republican Party of nearby Lauderdale County. Here are some excerpts…
Free and Clear
Bill wrote a book! It’s really good too. He’s got a real talent for storytelling. The story is a really…
Meridian Street
There is a small community in northeast Huntsville called Lincoln Village. 15 years ago a good friend and pastor started…
Racisim and Alcoholism
So I am from Alabama, the Heart of Dixie as it was called when I was growing up. I grew…
Behold the Lamb
I really love the Christmas album and show from Andrew Peterson and friends called Behold the Lamb. If you don’t…
What if you could scholarship a kid to Lincoln for free?
What if you could redirect half of your taxes to your kid’s school? You can! We’ll sort of. In Alabama…
Redirect your Alabama taxes to local schools legally
Last year I posted about this in December. This year I am a few months earlier because I am going…
