What has happened to park etiquette?

An afternoon at the park is a great way for city dwellers to enjoy the fresh spring air and clear away the winter cobwebs.  It’s often the only way we can get close to nature in the hustle and bustle of our daily lives.  However, over the years basic manners and general decorum to allow [...]

Are you happy with what’s happening within our country?

Nearly 70% of US citizens are dissatisfied with the federal government’s size and the power it wields.  And 7 out of 10 adults surveyed believe the moral and ethical climate of the country is wrong, which represents a seismic attitudinal shift in less than a decade.

 
The Gallup organization first asked questions about the following topics [...]

How healthy is the place where you live?

 

 
Living in a metropolitan area has many rewards as well as risks.  Rate your health as excellent, very good, good, poor or fair, as done in a survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which was reported in a CNS article in early February.  You might be surprised to see which major [...]

Skills from 20 years ago are needed today

Back in the early ‘90s pagers were more prevalent than cell phones, the Internet was beginning to experience real growth and personal computers were the buzz.  Today pagers are museum pieces, the information superhighway gives us access to more content that we can absorb and cell phones are fast becoming the hand-held version of our [...]

Pre-boomers should seize the moment

Every creature in this world is doing something, even if it is simply breathing in and out.  And, it is safe to say that virtually none of it involves you.  Yet, because we are all connected in some way whatever is being done at this moment by others could affect you.  This means that whatever [...]

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