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Paris Olympic History

At the 1924 Paris Olympics, DeHart Hubbard won the first individual men’s gold medal by an African-American. He competed in the long jump.

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Think!

I think and think for months and years. Ninety Nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. Albert Einstein

The Future

The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.  Abraham Lincoln

Opening doors…

Double sets of doors are the Kobayashi Maru of gentlemanly conduct.

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Big Government

Since 1792, the US population has increased by a factor of 88 (3.9 to 342M). Federal Government spending has increased by a factor of 55,785 ($121 million in today’s dollars to $6.75 trillion)