Early retirement – retiring at 62 or before – seems like a wonderful dream to a lot of people. You’ve been in the workforce for decades. You have focused on work with the goal of enjoying the rest of your life on your own terms. But is it too early to get out of the […]
Why Should We Listen To Old People?
America is ambivalent about the wisdom of older people, if popular culture is any guide. On the one hand, we are provided with buffoonish images of the old, such as Grandpa Simpson’s famous quote: “I always get the blame around here!” or “Who threw a cane at the TV?” or Frank Costanza, George’s churlish father […]
There’s Big Bucks In Smog
My father once said to me in 1968 “There’s big bucks in smog.” In the years since, I have watched countless talking heads bark from the rooftops about how the polar ice caps are going to melt, meaning the planet would stop functioning and we would all die. Then it was the oceans were going […]
There’s No P In Hamster
I often start my writings with a look of question, similar to the picture above as if to say “this can’t be right.” Sometimes, it’s just in amusement and other times, I am completely dumbfounded by what I am about to write about. This is a post about a young 20’s something woman, who by […]
Literacy In The US vs Other Countries
A new world ranking of countries and their literacy rates puts the United States at 7th. Who’s No. 1? Finland. The study, conducted by John W. Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn., analyzes trends in literate behavior and literacy in more than 60 countries. It found that Nordic countries are […]