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What Does Wealth Mean?
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What Does Wealth Mean?

By Garth Brooks

June 1, 2026

“You aren’t wealthy until you have something money can’t buy”.   - Garth Brooks
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The Cost of Discipleship
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The Cost of Discipleship

By Dietrich Bonhoeffer

March 2, 2026

The Christian theology of this book is important to me but for those of any faith, its deeper message is: “Faith and action are inseparable, especially when faced with injustice”....
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Slip Slidin' Away
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Slip Slidin' Away

By Paul Simon

February 9, 2026

Editor’s note:  This is song matches my mood lately as I ponder my parents’ greatest gift to me – my siblings.  Six of their ten children remain and we are...
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Fast Car
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Fast Car

By Tracy Chapman

October 29, 2025

Song of the Month:  "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman, covered by Ryan Montbleau Editor’s Note: The original of this song is a favorite, but Monbleau’s interpretation adds more instrumentation and, for...
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Startup Communities
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Startup Communities

By Brad Feld

October 20, 2025

Editor’s note:  Feld’s writing is thorough and accessible.  It reflects the foundation’s experience in economic gardening in our own hometown “to a t”.   Favorite excerpt – if you read nothing...
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What Do We Know About Immigration?
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What Do We Know About Immigration?

By Tim McCarthy

August 5, 2025

After November's election, I dedicated significant resources—time and money—to learning about "undocumented" immigrants. Our foundation avoids advocacy in favor of action. We are now in our ninth month of researching...
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Money Can’t Buy Happiness
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Money Can’t Buy Happiness

By Alex Hormozi

April 28, 2025

“Whoever says money can’t buy happiness hasn’t given enough away!” ---Alex Hormozi Editor’s Note: This quote was sent by my friend and editor, Mary Beth Conlee, seemed first an instruction...
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For What it's Worth
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For What it's Worth

By Buffalo Springfield

March 31, 2025

In order to play out with my new friend Bill Hing, I collected all the songs I love to play and this was among them.  It is one of the...
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The Good News You May Have Missed
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The Good News You May Have Missed

By Angus Hervey

December 2, 2024

Book of The Month: "The Good News You May Have Missed" by Angus Hervey Editor’s note: No, it’s not a book, it is an 8-minute TED talk. Dr. Hervey is...
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Don’t Get Mad, Get Busy
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Don’t Get Mad, Get Busy

By Tim McCarthy

December 2, 2024

There is no question that we, the people, have spoken. All three branches of government have been won by populist conservatives. The executive, legislative and judicial branch will be led...
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Warren and Bill
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Warren and Bill

By Anthony Mc

August 6, 2024

Book of The Month: "Warren and Bill" by Anthony McCarten Editor’s Note:   McCarten is a playwright, known for “Bohemian Rhapsody”, among other movies. This seems to make his writing...
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Election Integrity
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Election Integrity

By Tim McCarthy

April 29, 2024

What has been your personal reaction to the news that our election system is flawed? By 2018’s primary election, I had heard enough about election integrity that I decided I...
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Destiny
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Destiny

By Albert Schweitzer

April 29, 2024

I don't know what your destiny will be. Some of you will perhaps occupy remarkable positions. Perhaps some of you will become famous by your pens, or as artists. But...
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Newsletter: The Poor Pay More

By Tim McCarthy

April 1, 2024

It seems unfair that in America, those with the least ability to pay in fact pay more than those with sufficient means.  This is because our risk and reward system...
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Newsletter: Think

By Tim McCarthy

April 1, 2024

Great thoughts are the beginning of every great organization and then must be followed by feelings and actions.   [more] For decades, IBM’s theme was one word: Think IBM’s first great...
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The Lessons of Money Lending
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The Lessons of Money Lending

By Tim McCarthy

August 31, 2023

Shakespeare’s “Neither a borrower nor a lender be” and the Bible’s “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave of the lender” have been entirely ignored by...
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In Pursuit of the Common Good
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In Pursuit of the Common Good

By A. E. Hotchner and Paul Newman

July 2, 2023

Editor’s Note:  A friend and I were talking about doing good and he said, “of course, you’ve read Paul Newman’s book about how he and his buddy, Hotch, got the...
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Reciprocal Giving
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Reciprocal Giving

By Tim McCarthy

June 30, 2022

Sounds oxymoronic.  It’s not. Exhibit 1:  When my Mom would hand a valuable keepsake to one of her children, I’d say “but Mom, you loved that piece”.  She’d respond: “I’d...
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Power of the Pupil
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Power of the Pupil

By Alfred Adler

May 30, 2022

The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power. — Alfred...
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Trust is Worth More
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Trust is Worth More

By Seth Godin

December 27, 2021

Trust is worth more than attention, and the purpose of the work is to create meaningful change, not to be on a list. -Seth Godin
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You Handle
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You Handle

By Anthony Gittens

September 30, 2021

You show wisdom by trusting people; You handle leadership by serving; You handle offenders by forgiving; You handle money by sharing; You handle enemies by loving -Anthony Gittens
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