New Seniors well remember when the Russians launched the first satellite, Sputnik, back in the mid-‘50s. It signaled the beginning of the space age. We made some progress with manned space flights but we lagged behind the Soviets and were losing the race. It was President Kennedy’s promise that the United States would land a [...]
A recent trip to my local polling place caused me to question a number of things about the waste of money and possible abuse and fraud that arises within the system. The problems extend well beyond the voting process and must be addressed if the state and municipal governments are to get their collective houses [...]
It was only two years ago that a spontaneous grassroots movement sprang up known as the Tea Party. The spark behind this was shared frustration about the high cost of government in general and specific concerns regarding the health care reform bill that was working its way through Congress. Like the ongoing union demonstrations in [...]
Remember when snow was still around in grimy shrinking mounds, crocus and other bulbs popped their heads through the dormant soil and the ground felt like mush when you walked on it? That’s when the kids in my neighborhood went to the basement and got their baseball gloves and balls out of winter hibernation, because [...]
When folks in Japan awoke on that fateful Friday many began planning their day and thinking about what the weekend would bring. At 2:46 PM Sendai time their plans went out-the-window and the grim reality of surviving the aftermath of the 9.0 earthquake was all that mattered. What good could possibly come from this disaster?
It’s [...]
