You know things are getting bad when even the Washington Post notices that the swirling motion in the culture probably has something to do with a toilet. In a recent editorial, Isabel Sawhill of the Brookings Institution admits that the much maligned attack Dan Quayle made years ago, that sitcom character Murphy Brown was a…
Is a college degree the one sure path to career success? My family always assumed I would go to college. For my first career, as an engineer, it was pretty much a given; when I moved from industry to consulting, it was a requirement for licensure. But with a down economy, rising costs, and the…
We both have great memories from childhood--spending time on the water with our dads or grandfathers, fishing with friends, or exploring lakes and ponds near our homes. The water's still there, but we didn't have a boat to share with our own children, and we didn't have the money to buy one. Then we got…