It’s Memorial Day Weekend-How do you observe it?

  Is Memorial Day weekend just a day off from work for you?  Just the first weekend the pool is open, and the official start of barbecue season?  Or is it a time for somber reflection on the many men and women who gave their lives for their country.  Who gave the United States of …

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Thoughts on my 65th Birthday, and Risk-Taking

  I celebrated my 65th birthday last week.  A bunch of assumptions sometimes are made about that particular milestone.  In the fairly recent past, many people were forced to retire once they reached 65.  Many big companies had mandatory retirement ages for their workers.  Even now, successful CEOs leave their jobs when they turn 65. …

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The Single Most Destructive Slogan in Recent Memory (updated in 2022)

Some time back in the 1960's, the radical feminists came out with this slogan: A Woman Without a Man is Like a Fish Without a Bicycle. Their viewpoint then, and now, is that woman do not need men in their lives (except maybe for sexual pleasure). The implication is that a woman can, and most …

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