Upside Down Greatness Richard Daley, the eccentric mayor who served in Chicago for 21 years, had the reputation of being a bulldog boss. Once a speech writer approached him and requested a raise. Daley’s response was, “I’m not going to give you any more money. You’re g... Read more
Love Likewise Maxwell Maltz tells the story of a man who’d been severely injured while attempting to rescue his parents from a fire. His heroic efforts proved to be in vain, though. His mom and dad died in the burning house. Read more
Bogus Bills Emanuel Ninger’s reputation as a counterfeiter is legendary. Known as “Jim the Penman” (named after a character in a play then running on Broadway), he drew, by hand, $50 and $100 Legal Tender Notes. Relying on his naked eye, he worked for weeks a... Read more
Light Thoughts "Secret discipleship” is an oxymoron. In the words of William Barclay, “There can be no such thing as secret discipleship, for either the secrecy destroys the discipleship, or the discipleship destroys the secrecy.” 1 Read more
Educational Directions Interstate 495, the beltway around Washington, D.C., was clogged. I sat in my Avis rental car thinking about how nice it is to live in Walla Walla (where the only traffic jam occurs at Dairy Queen when the Peanut Buster Parfait goes on sale). Read more
Family Records Some years ago my wife, Cherié, and I aspired to getting in the Guiness Book of World Records. Actually I’m not sure there’s a category for our feat, but if there’s not, there ought to be. Read more
Perfectly Off-key The Dave Matthews Band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991 when vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews decided to put some songs he had written on tape. The band immediately attracted a strong word-of-mouth following by touring the country cons... Read more
What I Learned at Nordstrom University The telephone startled me awake. “Huh, um, hello?” I croaked. Read more
