One has to wonder what President-elect moments have transpired in the past. After only two days, President-elect Obama recieved his first CIA briefing. Oh, to be a fly on the wall in that meeting. All the secrets of the nation are revealed, in one cascading moment of information. Roswell? Area 51? The location of Emilia Erhart? I bet it is just a fascinating moment in the young life of a President. To be burdened with all the trappings of history with past, present and future conumdrums and vageries. I wonder if these historical meetings have tempered incoming President’s with a little fire,...

So, as kids do, my nine-year old was playing inside a large box in the family room. He’d taken a large marker to the exterior and written “Time Machine” all over the box, with arrows pointing forward indicating +70 years into the future,  and reciprocated the -70 pointing backwards. When showing me his invention, Andrew made it very clear he needed his swimming goggles on to protect his eyes during actual time travel. Sure enough, he sat inside the box, swimming goggles in-place, preparing for what appeared to be a dangerous jump. I wished him a safe journey and headed off to a...