Category Archives: Social Issues

How Your Brain May Be Your Own Worst Enemy

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Administrator

“Failing does not make us stronger. It makes us weaker, more apt to fail again.” Continue reading →

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Revisiting the Lyrics of Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Administrator

I don’t have to tell you that Christmas isn’t the same as it used to be. For example, nowadays urging someone to “don our gay apparel” would not necessarily be construed as a yuletide exultation. It might have more to … Continue reading →

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Being Manipulated by the Warm and Fuzzy

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Administrator

So I’m wondering when we come full circle with blood sport, such as Christians versus lions, becoming public entertainment. Pitting two highly trained entities, be they gladiators, lions or kick boxers, against each other for our amusement is one thing, … Continue reading →

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Finishing Off Some Familiar Slogans

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Administrator

As a member of the jingle generation, I have all kinds of stuff cluttering my mind. Blame it on TV commercials. For example, I know that Crest has been shown to be an effective decay preventive dentifrice that can be … Continue reading →

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After the Greatest Come the Babied

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Administrator

I’m not so sure I like being a Baby Boomer, but I can’t do much about it. Considering that the age group preceding us is known collectively as the Greatest Generation, it seems to me that by comparison the Baby … Continue reading →

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Trying to Find a Niche to Scratch

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Administrator

Hey, I just got back to the chilly north from a copywriting boot camp in hot and humid Florida. I chose to drive 1,200 miles each way, which made the transition less traumatic. There are few people in this world … Continue reading →

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Every Generation Requires Many Voices

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Administrator

I started these essays barely a year ago with something of a theme. I was going to be a booming voice for the Boomers. Boomers, according to the accepted definition, are those of us born between 1946 and 1964. I’m … Continue reading →

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Facing Mortality and Learning About Life

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Administrator

You learn to appreciate your life, as fleeting as it may be, for those precious moments of human contact. That has been particularly poignant in this year of my life —2011— with the death of my father in the spring … Continue reading →

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Can Facebook Journalism and Newspapers Coexist?

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Administrator

Community journalism appears to be in the hands of the masses, so to speak, and some of it is good. It seems I got out of the newspaper business at the right time. The recent historic flood in my part … Continue reading →

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Laboring over Einstein in a Deadline World

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Administrator

I never had much of attention span, but I was great at focusing over a span of several hours when I really had to. This served me well in college in cramming for tests. Despite all the advice to the … Continue reading →

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