Will the politicians keep their promises?

With major changes coming in Washington as well as state and local governments, the difficult task of getting America back on track is job one.  There were hundreds of hard fought campaigns all around the country.  Lots of promises were made by all candidates.  Now we’ll have the opportunity to see who keep their promises.

 
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A revolution every two years is purely American

If you’re one of those people who think we have elections too often in this country and think the system is a creation of the modern political parties, think again.  The basis for the government and how we elect our representatives was conceived by our Founding Fathers.  They wanted to be sure their could be [...]

Diners gave us food and more

Growing up in Philadelphia, we used to travel all around the city to the restaurant that best fit our need for a particular type of food.  My parents did this and I later did as a teenager and beyond.  We did not have a lot of  money but could always get what we wanted by [...]

Pre-boomers can demonstrate the true meaning of life

“A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.”  These thoughts from D. Elton Trueblood – noted college chaplin and philosopher – epitomize the actions of today’s New Seniors.

 
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The mother of invention

Plato, the classic Greek philosopher, is credited with having made this statement several hundred years before the birth of Christ, “Necessity is the mother of invention.”  Long before the industrial revolution, the advent of mass communications and the speed of the computer age, people were prompted to come up with better ways of doing things.  [...]

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