Barbers and Mechanics

When I moved to Virginia from New Jersey, one of the most upsetting things was leaving my barber behind. Mand’s Barbershop in Hackettstown was the best find the year prior to my move. The owner, Amanda Sunshine, cut my hair perfectly, is a great conv...

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Feb 23, 2026
Barbers and Mechanics

When I moved to Virginia from New Jersey, one of the most upsetting things was leaving my barber behind. Mand’s Barbershop in Hackettstown was the best find the year prior to my move. The owner, Amanda Sunshine, cut my hair perfectly, is a great conv...

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Feb 23, 2026
Results Are On Layaway!

The concept is old. Not many stores do it anymore with the rise of credit cards and Buy Now, Pay Later arrangements. Still, I remember it well. My mother at Jamesway (a Walmart-like store, for those unfamiliar) putting an item on “layaway.” The store...

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Feb 08, 2026
Results Are On Layaway!

The concept is old. Not many stores do it anymore with the rise of credit cards and Buy Now, Pay Later arrangements. Still, I remember it well. My mother at Jamesway (a Walmart-like store, for those unfamiliar) putting an item on “layaway.” The store...

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Feb 08, 2026
Looking Past the Headlights

Driving at night is a pretty dicey affair when you think about it. You’re moving forward at speed with not much more than thirty yards of vision and a yellow or white line to guide you. At the same time, complete strangers are coming at you in the op...

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Feb 02, 2026
Looking Past the Headlights

Driving at night is a pretty dicey affair when you think about it. You’re moving forward at speed with not much more than thirty yards of vision and a yellow or white line to guide you. At the same time, complete strangers are coming at you in the op...

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Feb 02, 2026
IOUs, Wimpy and Simplifying Money

I’m not really certain what it was written for, but I remember the big letters on a slip of paper: IOU. Maybe I’d borrowed a few dollars from a friend. Maybe a teacher had loaned me a pencil and wanted it back. My memory is pretty good, but it’s not...

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Jan 06, 2026
IOUs, Wimpy and Simplifying Money

I’m not really certain what it was written for, but I remember the big letters on a slip of paper: IOU. Maybe I’d borrowed a few dollars from a friend. Maybe a teacher had loaned me a pencil and wanted it back. My memory is pretty good, but it’s not...

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Jan 06, 2026
How’s It Going to Be? (Post Ferguson Era)

It’s one of those places in time I can return to with absolute clarity. I was sitting on an airplane flying back from Europe in the summer of 1998. My best friend and I had spent almost a month roaming through England, Spain, Germany, and France, wit...

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Dec 02, 2025
How’s It Going to Be? (Post Ferguson Era)

It’s one of those places in time I can return to with absolute clarity. I was sitting on an airplane flying back from Europe in the summer of 1998. My best friend and I had spent almost a month roaming through England, Spain, Germany, and France, wit...

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Dec 02, 2025