Obituary for Mike Purdy

Obituary for Mike Purdy

Michael Edward Purdy finished his 69-year journey on this planet when his Creator called him home on August 2, 2023, at his home in Seattle, Washington. Despite a lifetime of excellent health, stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer eventually ended his grand adventure,...
Presidential Humanity

Presidential Humanity

Presidents are human, just like everyone and deal with a variety of uncertainties and emotions in life. Abraham Lincoln suffered from chronic depression most of his life yet rose above it to become our greatest president. Franklin Pierce saw his 11 year-old son killed...
History Matters

History Matters

“History is drama. History is human interactions. And I think we as a society and as a country are poorer if we do not know it, and if we don’t in fact learn from it.” This is part of what I said in my interview by The Clio Foundation. I was...
Jimmy Carter’s Fatal Flaw

Jimmy Carter’s Fatal Flaw

Jimmy Carter’s smile, confidence, intelligence, and determination paved his unlikely path to the Oval Office in 1976. But once in office, he was hampered by another core feature of his personality: his engineering mindset. He approached issues as technical...