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The Failed Corporate Capitalism Model 15 May 2011 | 11:41 pm
A recent headline in the New York Times, “Health Insurers Making Record Profits as Many Postpone Care,” reveals the failings of a corporate capitalist economy. Let me first add the caveats that what ...
Pop’s Letters – March 29, 1967 1 May 2011 | 11:01 pm
Pop writes about fishing and watching clouds as a kid growing up in Maine. Mr. Harold Lufkin, V.P. Newton Mfg. Co. ...
UConn Women’s Basketball Philosophy 29 Apr 2011 | 11:08 pm
Sure, I’m a UConn fan because I’m an alumnus. Sure, I’m a fan because they’ve become a dynasty. Beyond that, I’m a fan because of how they’ve become a dynasty. I took the following excerpt of a spe...
Pop’s Letters – Autumn 1966 18 Apr 2011 | 12:54 am
The first page of this letter was missing but it was probably written in early autumn of 1966. I got teary-eyed when I first read this. The awe that mountains inspired in my sea-loving Dad is the sa...
Pop’s Letters – August 20, 1966 3 Apr 2011 | 11:46 pm
Pop writes about his early Maine days again. John McConegy, Newton Mfg. Co. August 20, 1966 Newton, Iowa. Dear John: Thanks for the letter, and the enclosure abo...
Pop’s Letters – May 6, p2 31 Mar 2011 | 11:33 pm
In this part Pop reminisces about a Navy buddy. I hope that when we both have had our fill of this (as you say) “old ball of mud” that the Good Lord will find a peaceful corner somewhere in Heaven or ...
Pop’s Letters – May 6, 1966 27 Mar 2011 | 11:41 pm
This is one of Pop’s letters. I’ve edited out some of it and am breaking it into two parts once again. ……. I am afraid that for all I pretend that I am a Christian, I am not too familiar with the Wor...
Pop’s Letters – November 15, 1965 p2 21 Mar 2011 | 05:31 am
The second part of Pop’s “chatty” November letter. I am writing you a nice long letter because for two weeks I have got up at 3 and 4 A.M. and I am trying to stay up long enough tonight to make me goo...
Sign Up for the Five Forgotten Truths 16 Feb 2011 | 07:42 am
The latest book I’ve been working on is called The Five Forgotten Truths: A Natural Guide for Believing in Humanity, also featuring the work of Dave Coverly, syndicated and award-winning Speed Bump c...
Looking for Middle Class Memoir Material 7 Aug 2010 | 01:27 am
This site will start building off of the “Pop’s Letters” series to portray other middle class lives in personal accounts and poetry. Please contact me at kirk(dot)sinclair(at)middleclassforum(dot)com...