Reading what's on everyone's mind in various media takes me back to my childhood, where I enjoyed some wonderful experiences with my grandfather. He was an astute businessman and was affectionately known to his nine children as "the boss." He arrived in the Midwest from Ellis Island in the late 1800s and began to build his family's future, homesteading on a 160-acre Nebraska farm. His hard work, entrepreneurial spirit, shrewd business practices and persistence resulted in ownership of several farms and numerous bank accounts. ...more

September 9, 2008

Faced with unrelenting winds whipping wildfires into a frenzy across Southern California, firefighters conceded defeat on many fronts Tuesday to an unstoppable force that has chased an estimated 500,000 people away. ...more

October 24, 2007