I DON’T UNDERSTAND The other day I was driving down the street in my old Ford pick-up when I saw a crowd of people standing around a parked automobile.  In my usual curious way, I had to stop and see what was going on.  There, was parked a sleek little automobile, a two-seater […]

    A CHANGE IN MY LIFE In the 1950s I got most of my news from the newspaper.   I read speeches, opinions, declarations, and both obituaries and great promises about our economy, most of them conflicting with the other.  I had studied some economics in college, but I felt the need to upgrade my […]

I DON’T UNDERSTAND Click here to read story The other day I was driving down the street in my old Ford pick-up when I saw a crowd of people standing around a parked automobile. In my usual curious way, I had to stop and see what was going on. There, was parked, a sleek little […]

Would you like the city of Burlingame to collect a tax from her any time your sister comes to visit you from Seneca, Nea York? If she stays in a hotel she has to pay a tax. Why?