Ahipara, New Zealand Family vacations are wonderful things. I idealize them perhaps. After four days in Auckland and Ahipara in the “far north” of the country where we are traveling, I rated not only the trip, but the family interactions in the A+ range. In organizations there’s something called “founder’s syndrome” which speaks to many …
Month: August 2018
ACORN Canada’s Leader, Mike Wood, is Front Page News
Ahitara, New Zealand The backbone of ACORN are members and leaders and that’s true of any solid, power-building community organization, tenants’ union or workers association. It was great to see Mike Wood profiled on the front page of the Hamilton Spectator, the old blue-collar city in Ontario only hours away from Toronto. I want to …
LeBron’s Bikes
Auckland As the sports commentators often say, LeBron James is “part of the conversation” on who might be the greatest basketball player ever. Having played with the Cleveland Cavaliers where he brought them a title finally after decades and the Miami Heat where he won two championships, he has been in the finals for umpteen …