The fall season marks the election of a new building representative at my retirement complex.  I don’t know the woman.  She’s new to us.   But I’m sure that after she chairs her first meeting, I’ll receive an email with a smiley face from her.  “We missed you,” it wil

While in public life, I worked with a district attorney who was a thoughtful man.  His politics leaned toward conservatism, but that bias seldom interfered with the way he aligned facts.  Objectivity of that degree is rare. For many, emotions rule. Upon occasion, he and I discussed