Sunday, October 21, 2012

• The future is rushing toward us -- and boy oh boy is it a lollapalooza!

  Sunday, May 19, 2013
• The art of patience is perhaps the hardest of all in politics and motherhood

  Sunday, May 12, 2013
• Life is full of surprises, good and bad, but often you have to look for them

  Sunday, May 5, 2013
• Spending a week in the city with a new rallying cry -- Boston Strong!

  Sunday, April 28, 2013

Fifty years ago this week, the United States was eyeball to eyeball with the Soviet Union over IRBMs (Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles) being installed on the island nation of Cuba, just 90 miles from our shores. The stakes were high and I remember it well. Given the state of the world today, I would be remiss if I let it pass without comment.

I was only 14 at the time...