Politics aside for the moment, I’d like to take a moment to mention what the past month has been like. My son Chris left the USAF last fall after six years of service and finally made it down here to Nicaragua in March. Carol and I hadn’t seen Chris in over five years up until then.

                I have to admit, I was certainly impressed with the boy. He’s 30 now and has developed an incredible amount of good sense evidenced by the fact that he’s become a diehard Cubs fan, just like his ‘ol man. He even signed up with MLBTV so we can watch every game on the computer.

                He’s also got this awesome beard!