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Bruce Thomas

The risk of individual satisfaction

September 26, 2008

There are times when other people advise against, or even oppose, actions one wants to take. The ideas of being prudent and satisfying oneself, then, are in conflict. Who would willingly allow himself to be near the dangerous eye wall of a hurricane? In 1985, I rented an apartment in a large frame house built in 1881 in Ocean Grove, N.J. My work kept me near there for more than a year. It was a lovely spot — an hour north by train to Manhattan (where Sally and I would visit), south by car to Cape May, and west to Revolutionary War battle grounds at Monmouth, Princeton and Trenton. A hurricane was working its way up the Atlantic coast. The media descriptions of the storm provided considerable detail. A point was made that a hurricane’s low pressure winds rotate in a counter-clockwise direction. The most severe part of the storm’s perimeter is at the 3 o’clock point of the rotation.

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Howland graduate back from China

September 5, 2008

Courtney Collins, a 2001 Howland High School graduate, returned to her home in Akron June 30 after visiting Beijing, the capital city of China and site of the 2008 Olympic Games.

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Needs vs. wants in America

August 15, 2008

“I own five stores, not one of which contains a thing anyone needs!” said an owner weeks before selling the stores for a considerable gain and retiring to Florida three years ago. This one man’s opinion may be a metaphor for extravagance.

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