I recently saw a summary of the Great Gatsby which provides a parable for the leadership, or lack thereof, that is an example of back up and when it doesn’t appear. Most know the essence of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wonderful book, The Great Gatsby, Nick Callaway’s famous analogy that applies to Trump, Vance, Natenhayu. Tom and Daisy were careless people who smashed things up and then returned to their money and refuge after as their vast carelessness. They helded them together a

I wrote a blog about the right way to handle the decision to not involve our nation in changing the conviction of our best scoring player to serve a suspension for the next game against Belgium. I hope that you picked up that it was rushed so that I could get it off before the contest to demonstrate that it was wrong to interfere in the deliberations of FIFA. I referred to our Chariots of Fire moment which was a movie demonstrating how Eric Lindell refused running in the 400

What could have been a more ethical decision to deal with the ethical dilemma after their best athlete had a red card. It was not what Trump did by calling the head of Fifa. That call forever stains the character of the American Team and the World Cup as well. What would have been the ethical thing for the team to do? We had the opportunity to have our Chariots of Fire Moment. It is a movie that tells the story of two friends running in the 1981 Olympics. Harold Abrahams’, a

Ben Franklin, in a response to a citizen in 1787, was asked what he thought was the best form of government. He responded with a phrase that is at the heart of July 4th. He said, “A Republic if you can keep it.” He indicated that it requires an active citizenship and an educated populace. A Republic exists against all odds when people think that it will always be there, but it won’t unless we are vigilant and watchful because it exists against all odds. Recently I have been r

Sadies' 12th birthday is today

Photo by Nils Uenerfuerst I indicated a few blogs ago that because of the United States and Israel’s War in Iran that we would have to be vigilant in fighting against antisemitism. There isn’t a better example of what I meant and unfortunately what will grow in our nation as a virus, antisemitism. In essence, it is the horrible treatment of the Palestinians in Gaza and the financial support of Israel by America. You only need to look at the New York elections yesterday that p

I am a big fan of Princeton. When our son attended there, Vicki and I were designated as the Co-Presidents of the Princeton Parents Association for the Philadelphia region. That role gave us a glimpse into the inner workings of the university. One of the things that is noteworthy is that they are always seeking to make the university great as well as ethically good. Because they have a large endowment, they make it possible on January 27,2001 for all students who graduate to

I asked one of my school classmates to write a review of my memoir, The Times of My Life. He wrote, in part, on the back cover of my book: “One of Squire’s classmates in first through twelfth grade in public in school, David Spence wrote the following: “This is an entertaining and engaging read that is full of wit and wisdom, sorrow and joy, but most of a chronicle of a life well lived and what it should mean to be human. Those of a certain age will be reminded, for better or

Trump did the right thing for the wrong reason. During the 60s and 70s there were too many people placed involuntarily in psychiatric hospitals for the wrong reasons. Family members could commit other family members in hospital treatment for little or no reasons. This was captured by the movie, One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest, staring Jack Nicholson. The response to this was a movement based in patient’s rights which led to a revision of the standard questions for admission to