Peter Drucker, 1909-2005 Peter F. Drucker is a writer, teacher, and consultant specializing in strategy and policy for businesses and social sector organizations. He has consulted with many of the world’s largest corporations as well as with nonprofit organizations, small and entrepreneurial companies, and with agencies of the U.S. government. He has also worked with [...]
On my walk the other day I came across a little dog walking its elderly keeper. I don’t know what kind of dog, but it was one of those squat, broad-shouldered, pug-nosed canines that give the impression of a lot of strength in a small package. The leash to its human was connected to one [...]
A stray German bomb destroyed the Commons Chamber of the Palace of Parliament in London on May 10, 1941. The building traced its roots to the year 1099, and it’s loss was a big blow to the embattled Londoners. In October, 1943, Winston Churchill, then the British Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and in [...]
As many others have observed, some periods of history seem to produce more than their share of bigger-than-life characters. World War II produced a bumper crop of such men, and Winston S. Churchill towered over all of them. For an incredibly long time, from 1938 through 1955, Churchill was a giant on the world scene. [...]
Moseying down the sidewalk, lost in my thoughts, I heard rhythmic steps in the street behind me. I turned to see a wisp of a young lady floating along, water bottle to her lips, perhaps settling down for a leisurely morning jog. She nodded as she pulled away ahead. After a while, I heard more [...]
On the corner of 22nd and Harrison there is a house with a small west-facing porch. For quite a few years now, when the weather is not too hot nor too cold, a grizzled old man sits there with a cigar in his mouth, a cowboy hat perched on his head, often with his wife [...]
Ahead of me an elderly couple very slowly walks along, hand in hand; he is gray haired, straight and tall, slowing his pace to that of his mate; she is bent over and struggling for each step. I watch them turn into their front walk and make their way up five agonizing steps to their [...]
For a dozen years I have jogged or walked up and down south 22nd Street, communing with rabbits, squirrels, dogs, and our mutual Maker. I usually see a few humans, too, jogging, walking, biking, sitting on porches, or working in their yards. One of these nodding acquaintances is “the broom man.” He lives on the [...]
Aurelius Augustinus died in 430 AD, but he is on my short list of heroes, sort of a spiritual favorite uncle. He was a philosopher and a great Christian bishop, perhaps best known for his The Confessions of Saint Augustine. This little classic tells the life story of a young man both blessed and tormented [...]
Most of us have very few completely original thoughts. We “stand on the shoulders of the giants” who went before us and do our best to extrapolate (an excellent example of an unoriginal thought itself). One of my “giants” is Blaise Pascal. One of these days I’ll talk a little about his remarkable life, but [...]
