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 [...]
During WWII the country was wildly patriotic. The USA was fighting a war on two fronts. We were the Calvary called in to rescue Europe and the defender of honor and pride in the Pacific Theatre. People here cheered our successes, respectfully mourned those lost in battle and the topic of conversation was usually centered [...]
Will it take a crisis of cataclysmic proportions to shake us from our lofty ideological perches to unite Americans again? Long gone is the patriotism of World War II; and, to lesser degrees, the citizens’ willingness to enter the First Gulf War and the initial reaction when the World Trade Centers were taken down by [...]
As a pre-boomer, I remember the days when “public servants,” as those in the public sector were referred to, made much less than those employed by businesses because there was less risk and more benefits for those working for the government. It was up to the individual to decide what they wanted before starting off [...]
The health care debate, actually it’s more like each side trying to hammer home talking points rather than an exchange of ideas, has made it clear that those we once trusted to represent us are not interested in what seniors have to say about the issues. This confirmed, to many of us, that those in [...]
