Never before do I remember a special state election having so much national news coverage or offer the potential impact as the recent event in Massachusetts. Of course, it was to fill the vacant seat of one of the stalwart US Senators – one held by him and his brother for 50 a half-century. It [...]
I am covered by Medicare and also purchase supplemental health insurance, along with prescription coverage, from one of the nation’s better known providers. Recently a letter arrived at my home stating there would be no increase in premiums for the Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) coverage during 2010. However, the next day I received the invoice [...]
Watch a few news shows on television and you’ll see lots of commercials aimed at seniors. This is not unusual. Advertisers with products and services appealing to a mature audience know a disproportionate number of this demographic group can be reached with this type of programming. However, what’s disconcerting to me as a pre-boomer is [...]
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 [...]
On a cold and snowy night, a group of people met in a backroom somewhere in our nation’s capital to make a deal. The outcome of the meeting was known by them and their associates long before their formal agreement was announced to an eager media corps. After all, the folks back home needed to [...]
