Our 2015 HO Wrap Up!
Each year, we like to take time to reflect on HO and the wonderful writers and readers who make it what it is. After weeks of going over our statistics and demographics and all that […]
Tag: Thomas Sullivan
Why Smart People Tell Us To Lean In (And Not Back)
I’m not sure why you’d buy a patio chair at a store called Christmas Tree Shops. A patio chair, which evokes balmy summer evenings on the deck out back, has nothing to do with a […]
First Visit
I can understand why people freaked out over the Affordable Care Act. Duped by a doomsaying media, some people thought what they saw on TV was actually about health-care itself, and not primarily an attempt […]
Lawyers And Cars
A friend of mine recently rear-ended a car while driving. She glanced down at her stereo for a split second and then crunch!! It turned out that the guy she hit was an attorney who […]
Taking On The Planners
When I lived in Central Oregon I did a summer internship at a Planning Agency in a small town. It was one of those places where a big company would get huge tax breaks to […]
Inventors, We Salute You!
Every great invention starts with a thought. It’s a moment when the proverbial light bulb goes off and a truly great idea emerges. Sure, we’ve all heard the stories about how Alexander Graham Bell invented […]
Troubles, Oh So Taxing
Imagine my surprise when I saw myself in this ad. I really thought this was behind me. I got bagged running out of a store with hundreds of Twinkies stuffed down my shirt. Which was […]
A Glimpse Of What’s Ahead
National elections are closing in. So it’s time for politicians to try to connect by relating all the struggles they’ve overcome. So here’s what I’d love to see. I’d give anything to have a candidate […]
New Missions?
Are these soldiers: a) Fleeing to their barracks because George W. Bush has just started his “Mission Accomplished” speech? b) Victors in a game of Capture The Flag? Or c) Doing a foot race to […]