by jeff.sanders | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog
I am currently reading the most thorough biography of the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (old spelling is Mao Tse-tung). The book is “Mao, The Unknown Story” by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday. Chang actually lived through the Cultural Revolution...
by jeff.sanders | Aug 20, 2019 | Blog
You cannot tour Florence, Italy without hearing the names of the great celebrities of the past. In one church alone La Chiesa della Santa Croce (Holy Cross Church) three famous people are buried there: Michaelangelo, Galileo, and Niccolo’ Macchiavelli....
by jeff.sanders | Aug 13, 2019 | Blog
I stood at a certain spot in the Piazza Della Signoria in Florence. It is a large plaza in the heart of the old City, right in front of the Palazzo Vecchio (“Old Palace”). There at my feet was a marker written in Italian commemorating the death of Girolamo...
by dave.zanotti | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog
Watching the Democrats talk about healthcare is proof that they reinvent history at will. In 1994 they tried Hillarycare and Americans said no. Then Democrats lost the House. In 2010 their party controlled the House, the Senate and the White House and with that power...
by jeff.sanders | Jul 31, 2019 | Blog
We checked in at our hotel on Via Guelfa in Florence and they told us that the best shopping was just a two minute walk behind the hotel. So we unloaded our luggage and went in search of bargains. I had heard that the best leather products in Italy (probably in all of...
by dave.zanotti | Jul 25, 2019 | Blog
The news media and party players just can’t stop their opioid-like addiction to the power of the Presidency. While the Mueller hearings dominated the news a much bigger story regarding U.S. Elections went virtually unreported. Facebook was fined $5 Billion for...
