Have you bought your Christmas gifts yet? This week at the Global Plastics Summit (GPS) in a session talking about supply chain problems we heard, “If you ordered something for Christmas that is coming from Asia, if it isn’t on the water now, it won’t get to the U.S. in 2021.” They ...

On Friday I heard some news that I had been dreading in the back of my mind for a long time. Herman “Zerg” Zerger Jr. — a man I considered a friend and a hero — had died that morning. Zerg had reached the impressive age of 97 years old and had entered a facility that provides senior ...

As we mark 20 years since 9/11, it’s important to note how the threats to our nation have evolved. In 2001, it was the Taliban who provided a safe haven for al Qaeda in Afghanistan to launch a devastating attack on our homeland, killing nearly 3,000 people. As our nation became all too aware, ...

Two years ago, this month, I ruptured both of my quads playing adult soccer. For eight weeks I couldn’t put any weight on my legs and was in a wheelchair. My occupational therapists taught me how to do many of the tasks I couldn’t do, like getting dressed and using a special tool to put ...

“Space: the final frontier.” Those familiar words introduced each episode of “Star Trek,” the groundbreaking television series that was already in syndication by the time I began to watch it. The program focused on the missions and adventures of the crew of the starship Enterprise, ...

This week we attended a conference at Virginia Beach. After a run on the boardwalk I walked down to the beach. There was a woman, probably about 20 years old, walking on a tight rope that was set up 2 feet above the sand. I watched her walk almost the entire way across, about 40 feet, until she ...