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Five years ago I wrote that sixty-five was everyone’s last birthday. You enter the 65+ category and you’re just one of the millions of baby boomers who are parents of adult children and grandparents. Your adult children will eventually start treating you like a child and your grandchildren will grow bored rather than excited when

For people of a certain age, meaning older people, the question that is asked with every new encounter with a friend is, “Did you get the vaccine yet?” It is like waiting for acceptance into an exclusive club. When just about all your friends say, “Oh, yes we got our shot”, very casually as if

It’s hard to imagine, but I’m about to agree with Donald Trump. He has gone after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as he has many others who dared criticize him and failed to show unwavering loyalty. In a blistering attack on McConnell, Trump called him, “a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack”. Trump called on

Yes, I watched just about all of the Trump impeachment trial over the last week. I, along with everyone else, knew what the results would be. But it was history. It was important to witness what the two sides would say to make their case for incitement of insurrection. The House managers wove together a

You may have never heard of Lord Acton, a British politician, historian, and writer in the 19th century. He’s credited with the phrase, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” It has been proven over the history of civilization. Unchecked power is a dangerous drug. A story broke this week in the Los

The dawn of the new day in America actually came at dusk last night at the Reflection Pool flowing out from the Lincoln Memorial. The hundreds of lights that lined the pool to pay silent tribute to the 400 thousand Americans who died from the virus that has consumed the country. A few brief words

There was no shortage of important news stories this year that effected just about everyone and will change the world going forward. The latest news comes right to our phone. The philosophy of every news organization should be, be right and be first, in that order. The use of “Breaking News” started years ago on

Today can be seen as the first day of the rest of our lives. The Pfizer vaccine to conquer Covid started going into the arms of health care workers across the country, and the Electoral College started voting today to finally and officially designate Joe Biden as the next president. Despite Donald Trump delusions that

It’s now been three weeks that Donald Trump has tried to hold the country hostage. His grip on his alternate reality is starting to slip away. His spoiled child act that he really didn’t lose the election has continued to embarrass the country before the world. Kids who don’t get what the want will throw

We are living through one of the most consequential and extraordinary weeks in American political history. The Trump presidency has come crashing down even though,  to quote Jack Nicholson’s famous line, “You (Trump) can’t handle the truth.” We all knew Trump would not go down without a fight. He has threatened all along that if