Road Signs Anyone who has driven through our home state knows the phrase “miles and miles of Texas” is an understatement. To travel between our major cities is to spend…

Under The Hood At the end of each year Americans learn the magnitude of their national economy's growth over the previous twelve months. This number, the U.S. gross domestic product…

Eyes on Us I always feel like somebody's watchin' meAnd I have no privacyI always feel like somebody's watchin' meIs it just a dream?"Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell (1984) The…

The Price In nearly every purchase of a capital asset there exists a metric to judge what value has been received at the time of purchase.  In the commercial real…

Rosie the Telecommuter World War II was a transformative event for our nation in many different ways.  Some of the societal norms that existed before the war never returned.  The…

Evaluating the Bear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7EJMyL6htw There is a bear in the woods.For some people the bear is easy to see.Others don’t see it at all.Some people say the bear is tame.…

Come Fly With Me Frank Sinatra’s 1958 hit personifies how the public romanticized airline travel in the late 1950s.  The 1950s are considered to be the golden age of air…