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Liberte Frites
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Liberte Frites

By Kevin McCarthy, A Beautiful Loser

October 15, 2019

Essence of the music/lyrics: My own son reminds me in this song about the elusiveness of freedom. Kevin's been writing and performing for half his life, like most singer/songwriters with...
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Cannonball
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Cannonball

By Damien Rice

October 15, 2019

Essence of the music/lyrics: Brilliant melody and a nice soft guitar. Rice's voice is a haunting and peaceful to me. The song asks us to learn from humility, particularly in...
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The Living Years
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The Living Years

By Mike + The Mechanics

October 15, 2019

Essence of the music/lyrics: This is my favorite song ever about communication, particularly among family. It was published about the time my Dad died and my children were just starting...
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Balancing the World
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Balancing the World

By Eliot Morris

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: This song was given to me by my daughter, Caitlin, who represents the point of the song – balance. The music and rhythm also bring me upbeat, just...
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May Newsletter: “Lessons Lived”

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Author’s Note: These short stories wind up a 12-part series exploring the lessons I’ve learned in building a foundation. I realized in writing these twelve articles that I’m not embarrassed...
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Churchill by Himself
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Churchill by Himself

By Richard Langworth

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: I’ve often wondered how Winston Churchill could be so often quoted, and now I know. He wrote over 15,000,000 million published words – books, speeches, articles, letters and...
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Me and Bobby McGee
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Me and Bobby McGee

By Kris Kristofferson

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: This is just a great throw-back song for me. A lot of memories come to me from this hitchhiker’s ballad of missing their mate, some of the best...
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March Newsletter: Good Passion/Bad Passion

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Author’s Note: This is the 10th in a series of 12 articles about the mistakes we’ve made building our foundation since 1997. I’ve decided the last two articles will be...
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Here Comes the Sun
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Here Comes the Sun

By The Beatles

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: An oldie for this month since I’ve had some grey clouds the last few months. Then we spent last week celebrating my son Kevin’s love for his new...
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The Bond
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The Bond

By Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Margaret Bernstein

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: The Bond by the “Three Doctors,” is a continuation of their first book, The Pact. In The Pact, Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt tell how they...
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January Blog “Social Service that Creates Economic Value” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

The Business of Good serves those who serve the poor. Over the years, we’ve focused on creating permanent change in lives of the poor rather than safety net social service....
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Neil Young’s Lonely Quest to Save Music by David Samuels
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Neil Young’s Lonely Quest to Save Music by David Samuels

By Tim McCarthy

August 20, 2019

Editor’s notes:  I am both lover and hater of Neil Young during my 50-some years of listening to his music and his thoughts.  But this article is one of the...
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East of Eden
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East of Eden

By John Steinbeck

April 25, 2019

Editor’s Comment: A friend tells me that at least once a year good readers should read a classic. I took her advice and reached back for this one. Though less famous...
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The Circle
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The Circle

By Dave Eggers

March 27, 2019

Editor's Comment:   If you are not a fan of satire, and i am generally not, this is a tough read. But reading it six years after its publication makes...
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Joseph Goldstein
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Joseph Goldstein

By Joseph Goldstein

March 27, 2019

we may give our time, our energy, our material possessions, our love.   All are expressions of caring, of compassion, of connection, and of renunciation—the ability to let go.  The beauty...
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No Self-made Man am I
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No Self-made Man am I

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2019

The temptation for folks my age with some success is to explain that we are “self-made”.  We proudly build our story around “starting with nothing” then we bloviate about the...
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Greatest Charts | Don McMillan

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2019

Editor's Comment:  This is our first try at video article instead of our usual print piece.  Seems worth it as I laughed most of the 9 minutes of this Don...
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I'm Only Sleeping
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I'm Only Sleeping

By The Beatles

November 29, 2018

Editor’s Comment: My son and I finally saw the Cirque du Soleil  performance of “LOVE” last month.  Since then, I’ve spent some time going through my collection of Beatles music...
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October Cartoon
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October Cartoon

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2018

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Anthem
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Anthem

By Leonard Cohen

September 29, 2018

Editor’s Comment:   My friend, Marty Grothe, reminded me of this wonderful song.  Really it’s a poem.  Then my son, Kevin, sent me all the verses.  Then while looking it...
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Herman Melville
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Herman Melville

By Herman Melville

September 29, 2018

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed."”       -Herman Melville
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