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       Saturday, June 25, 2011
Dead End Job, Sad Job Market, Discouraged Applicant
SHARE Whatever is responsible for a jobless person to go into blue funk is enough to put the kibosh on finding a job.

(3 comments)        Saturday, June 18, 2011
Working Hard or Hardly Working
SHARE Definitely "retired from paycheck days," I offer some thoughts to those who aren't there yet.

       Sunday, May 22, 2011
Oreo, Reverse Oreo--How does the Cooky Crumble?
SHARE Mix a question of who's more vanilla or chocolate--and you've got a question of where investigative journalism fits. Chris Hedges took a stab at answering it. To soft pedal his role--let it be stated that his article is analysis and not reportage. He has reason to see President Obama's politics as it reflects his values. Even Reverend Wright of Trinity Church mentioned that. "A politician," he said.

(2 comments)        Saturday, April 16, 2011
What Would You Do if You Were US President?
SHARE When I attempt to decipher government I tend to think of two Either/Or's. Domestic versus foreign policy. In plain old politics, Republicans and Democrats still assert themselves.

       Saturday, April 2, 2011
Are You Better off than You Were on April 4, 1968?
SHARE Assuming you were old enough on that date to count money, to reckon with daily nutrition, and to have a place to call home--well, time to reminisce. If you are younger than 21 now, perhaps you supplement history lessons with conversation from those who were there.

       Thursday, January 20, 2011
Russ Feingold is Teaching at Marquette in Milwaukee
SHARE He just started and there does not seem to be any other information. Wikipedia tells about life and degrees.

(14 comments)        Sunday, January 2, 2011
Comes the Revolution, Where Will YOU be?
SHARE They can fool around with your vote, but they can't buy your soul

(2 comments)        Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Mercy me! What is MERS?
SHARE Apparently this is an introduction to what has become known as ForeclosureGate. And it is alleged to be a political and economic ticking time bond.

       Sunday, December 5, 2010
Dilma Rousseff is a bric
SHARE She is also an economist and now she is president of Brazil. While we in the US were detracted by our own midterms Ms Rousseff replaced outgoing "Lula" by huge electoral margins.

       Sunday, September 12, 2010
As California Goes, so Flounders the Nation
SHARE It could be said that gender, incumbency and ethnicity are prominent in California where two offices--US Senator and Governor--are being played out with gusto. Three women and a retread governor are on primary ballots. Through it all hangs a huge deficit (Illinois vies with them).

       Saturday, April 3, 2010
Ersatz and Kaput
SHARE Fake(substituted) and Broken (unavailable) were words to describe "ersatz and kaput" as I knew them as a schoolgirl. Our family, in a derisive manner, talked about Hitler's attempt to cobble together a fighting force which we all feared would come to pass.

       Saturday, March 27, 2010
Is it Spring Break or is Politicking Permissible ?
SHARE Bradford pear trees are budding out. Rhododendron are giving big promises. It's hard to concentrate on little tasks at hand. I want to know. What shoe is going to drop in the world of politics next?

(4 comments)        Saturday, March 13, 2010
Moody as a Mid-March Day
SHARE The wind, for ill or not, is blowing up last year's half-rotten leaves. The sun presents itself just to tease. Skies are only partly drippy. It's enough to evoke sneezing spells and painful joints. Shall we mention state of mind?

(7 comments)        Sunday, February 7, 2010
Flowers is Ready to Bloom in the Spring
SHARE Dr. Margaret, that is. She makes me so proud to be a woman. It's not just her determination to be heard, although that counts. And it's not just because she is ready to give up a career which others are holding onto by old platitudes. It's definitely not because she expects leniency because she's a woman. She's doing it for her patients, children who deserve a fair chance.

       Saturday, January 30, 2010
What's Pelosi Got to Do with It?
SHARE The Knoxville Sentinel promised us a storm like the "blizzard" of 93. This morning they explained why it didn't come. (The eye went farther north.) Nevertheless there is a winter storm watch for another few hours and it will be cold tonight. And I'm still thinking about Barack Obama and his not so loyal opposition.

       Saturday, January 23, 2010
It's About the Children
SHARE Originally I intended to write a little opinion piece about how the president doesn't seem to be paying much attention to education. And then I got to thinking it wouldn't make much difference whether American children were taught about the Enlightenment, or had perfect teeth and bones for their old age, or became good citizens. What would count is a world wide web of those born after the year 2000 who would soon be out campaigning--or something.

(2 comments)        Saturday, January 9, 2010
Reading, Writing and Retail
SHARE This tells the difference between education and propaganda. Judging the difference is called "critical thinking." It doesn't take a rocket scientist.

       Saturday, December 19, 2009
Is it Time to Call it Quits?
SHARE There comes a period when committing to an employer for a certain amount of one's time and talent is not feasible--not for health insurance coverage, extra income, or sense of worth. On the spectrum of womb to tomb, common sense requires tackling the question of mortality.

(4 comments)        Saturday, December 12, 2009
Going Like 60, into a Speed Bump
SHARE In the telling of "womb to tomb" stages, and to cope, we have arrived to the voluntarily retired, the involuntarily retired, and the poor soul hanging on by fingernails. In short, ageism will raise its ugly head.

(3 comments)        Saturday, December 5, 2009
Do You Work?
SHARE During my paycheck days, when accompanied by my husband, recent acquaintances would ask what they considered a yes or no proposition. These many years hence, I submit the long version of an answer I felt compelled to squelch then.

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