Pre-boomer, Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon and is “Dancing With The Stars”

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As part of the Apollo 11 mission, Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon on July 20, 1969.  Now he will appear on ABC’s hit show “Dancing With The Stars” as a contestant beginning March 22, 2010.  Strangely, there is a connection between these [...]

Comic books were fun for us as kids

The Golden Age of comic books is thought of as the period from the late 1930s and ending in the late 1940s or a little beyond. These 10 cent escapes from reality were welcomed entertainment for most pre-boomers, even though moms generally discouraged them in favor of real books. The world of comic books got [...]

Drive-in theaters and car-hop restaurants were pre-boomer delights

 

A Saturday night trip to the drive-in movie with a date and a Sunday afternoon ride topped off with a burger and shake delivered to your car by someone on roller skates was what we called a great weekend in the 1950s.  These experiences only exist in the recesses of our minds, but the memories [...]

The forgotten war in Iraq could result in a democracy to remember

 
When is the last time Iraq was on the front page of the newspaper or the lead item on network television?  Based on the lack of coverage, you might think our troops have all but left the country.  Recently, however, Iraq was back in the news when the people of that country once again expressed [...]

Change belongs to the people

Every few years the political party not in power promises change if they get elected.  We have heard this rhetoric time and time again at the local, state and national levels.  Often the public votes for change, but when the dust settles everything reverts back to business, make that politics, as usual. 

 
The presidential election of [...]

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