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Retirement 101: Adopt The Role
Defining yourself as a retiree In a previous article (“Retirement 101: Maintaining...
An Eye for an Eye, or an Eye for a Wad of Bills…Your Choice
Is it time for a new religion or do we just need a reboot for the old ones? Many of us who have...
An African American Perspective on Racism
It’s who we are. As a black man in America it’s easy for me to fall back on this: every...
Grants for Senior Citizens
Why Apply? by Erin Milano The crisis-stricken global economy of our era has affected all people...
Yes You Can Pick Sides…and Like It!
Radio as it should be According to documented evidence, there are 15,445 commercial radio stations...
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White Fragility
Understanding racism from the white perspective. Racism in some form or another is unavoidable...
Security or Freedom?
What do Americans really want? American voters often go to the polls claiming that they are unhappy...
Fatal Distractions
Using misinformation to steer us away from our problems. President Trump is running scared. That...
Sports in a Pandemic
The good and the bad of the re-opening Across the leagues, sports are trying to activate. This is...
Fake News
Controlling the narrative to hold onto power Fake news is nothing new. It was used as early as the...
Political Power
The most effective means of guaranteeing your rights. The murder of George Floyd in Minnesota...
Talking to Grandchildren
How to deal with sensitive issues Throughout their trajectories, families can face a variety of...
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You Like to Shop?
This is all about you. My wife asked me to cut all the lawns around the house, pull all the weeds from outback and put the patio furniture inside before it rains. I told her I would, but that I was...
Dealing with the Poor
A threat to all of us. I am a pragmatic liberal. I embrace liberal perspectives because they serve the entire nation, and so that means they serve me personally. I want all people to live...
Looking for Great Radio?
Check out Bob and Cheri I grew up on “Imus in the Morning”. As a teenager, Don Imus played right into what I wanted — very irreverent and outrageous. A little later on, it was...
Vaccines and Autism
Junk research turns science on its head For the longest time, science has been at the mainstay of America and its technological achievements. But that was then. Nowadays conspiracy theories abound...
When is the Myth More Important than the Art?
Does anyone over 60 really still care about pop music? Popular music usually contains a myth to go along with the musician. It’s the label’s way of selling records, tapes, CD’s, streaming…and...
When The Fix is in, You Can’t Fix it
The Darker Side of Horse Racing Not ashamed to say it, cause its true, my wife and I are serious gamblers. We got involved in the action 36 years ago through a guy named “uncle Milty”. No, not...
Wendell Scott
NASCAR African American Hall of Famer Since 1982, the NASCAR Cup season has opened on Sunday in Florida. The Daytona 500 is one of the most recognizable brands in global auto racing. It’s odd...
The Netherlands
More than just tulips and windmills The Netherlands has a charm and uniqueness that far outweighs its size — the Dutch number less than 20 million, all crammed in a space about the size of...
The Sad Truth about Lies.
Rationalizing and justifying so we can believe. The lie is obsessive, encompassing and consuming in its simplicity. It’s the antithesis of relationship, whether that relationship is one on one...
Heterodoxy Club
Her Body…His Rules By this time everyone and his/her/their brother has weighed in on the Roe v Wade controversy, so here is still yet another thought from an old white guy. Today we might call this...
