Every month I get a notice from my friend and yours, Joseph Martin, that it’s time for a new blog post (he’s nothing if he’s not persistent). This month, as in the past, the request came in an email addressed to a long list of contributors to this fine online establishment. Here’s what it said…

New beginnings. Sounds redundant, I know. I almost changed that opening, but it’s really correct. New beginnings. One thing that all new beginnings have in common is that they are built on something that came before it. If you’re starting from scratch, then this isn’t a new beginning. It’s either new or it’s a beginning,…

Legacy: something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past. I think about Legacy a lot in my job. I have the honor, privilege and challenge of sitting in the same position that my father, Fred, sat for almost thirty years. His name is the company name. I even have…

We hear a great deal about diversity these days.  Truth is, we’ve always been a diverse society in the US.  Our population comes from everywhere. Literally.  The American culture is really a combination of influences from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.  We even have absorbed traditions from the natives who occupied the land for centuries before the explorers…

I tell people that I’ve spent my entire life in Los Angeles.  Born and Raised:  The Few, The Proud.  And, it’s almost entirely true.  Almost. When I was in college many moons ago, I had the opportunity to study at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.  For my junior year I spent my days and nights…