Letter from Mexico: Where Are All the People’s Yachts?
PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO. The most popular T-shirt here is a sign of the times.
Still At Large
Sears: Fade to Black
Some sights stop you in your tracks. It happened last week at the Barton Creek
This Old Mobile Home: Raze or Save?
OK, we’ve just bought some land, 22 acres, in Texas Hill Country. The
Fearless Forecasts: The Electric Cars in Our Future
There is a joke going around about the best way to keep your car from
Local Pension Fund Performance: All The Wrong Monkeys
All but a handful of the local public pension funds in Texas have the same
Does It Pay To Work?
Let us now consider the indignity of work. You have to show up at a
The Minion Measure
“You know, a million dollars isn’t what it used to be,” my friend said wistfully.
Life is (Still) Worth Living after 75
There’s a sign in Colorado. It reads: “Despite the High Cost of Living It Remains
How much is a future year worth?
We all find it difficult to choose between now and later. Some people have no
A TV Epiphany
There we were, sitting down to watch TV. I pointed the remote. The set opened
Meditation at McDonald’s, 4
DRIPPING SPRINGS, TEXAS. In the future, speaking will be unnecessary. I learned this on a