The one thing that worried me most as I drew close to retirement was what to do with all the time soon to be on my hands? Being bored to death was not a pleasant prospect. I hoped to find ways to fill each day but believed the hours would go slowly as the days [...]
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 [...]
Histrionics outshined the topic of reform at the health care summit. During the more than seven hours of this made-for-television event participants tried to strut their stuff. Yet these efforts seemed to be directed toward fellow politicians rather than to those Americans who took the time and had the inclination to watch the proceedings at [...]
We pre-boomers grew up in a time when there was no doubt that this country was the world leader in virtually everything we could think of. Our generation was born between 1930 and 1945, so we saw results of what a united people are capable of doing. Rising from the ashes of the Great Depression, [...]
The subject of health care reform has been a big issue in Washington and the news media for the past year. Citizens jumped into the fray, for the most part uninvited, when it became apparent that our elected representatives were botching the process. Town hall meetings, rallies and protest marches sent a message to legislators [...]
