“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding, because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”—British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) and the United Kingdom’s longest serving PM of the 20th Century (1979-1990). Born in a modest upstairs flat, the daughter [...]

“Our citizens do not want less transportation. They want more. They do not want us to spend more on the same old thing, or just move money around from one idea to the next. They want us to invest in a disciplined and strategic way.” –Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, January 2013.   OK, OK, I feel [...]

“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.” — George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright and founder of the London School of Economics, and the sole recipient of both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar.   In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I tip my hat to [...]

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty.  To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”— Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), British aristocrat, philosopher, historian and social critics. I was born in DeKalb County, educated in our public schools, and graduated from Lakeside High School. I’m among thousands who graduated from [...]

“Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed, rounds.—the unofficial motto of our U.S. Postal Service as inscribed on the James Farley Post Office in New York City.   Our United States Postal Service, (USPS), a quasi-public/private entity, with all the benefits and [...]

“The Golden Fleece Award is as much a part of the Senate as quorum calls and filibusters.”— U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia), paying tribute to U.S. Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wisconsin) for his monthly selection of Golden Fleece Awards recognizing wasteful or ludicrous expense of U.S. taxpayer funds.   Maverick U.S. senator William Proxmire took to [...]