Today's post could save you thousands of dollars!
The single most common reason that people are hospitalized is falling. After a fall, particularly for those of us of the Medicare age group, the patient often needs to spend some time in a rehab...
View ArticleShame, apparently, is overrated.
Let me say this for the bazillionth time: Facts matter! It is not possible to find a solution to a problem unless you take time to assemble the facts about the problem. American politics has apparently...
View ArticleWhere's Henry Ford when you need him?
"...we have forgotten the wisdom of Henry Ford. In 1914, not long after the Ford Motor Company came out with the Model T, Ford made the startling announcement that he would pay his workers the...
View ArticleWhen did experience become a bad thing?
Back when I was teaching--before the turn of the century--I used to fly quite a bit to make presentations about computers and technologies in the classroom. My level of angst was inversely proportional...
View ArticleListen now, this is important!
Hey there retiree, are you feeling safe because even if Romney wins they're promising no changes to Medicare for those currently over 55? As Bill Clinton said often in his speech to the Democratic...
View ArticleDoes the USA have a learning disability?
When I heard that the teachers in Chicago were going on strike, I was worried. "They damn well better have the moral high ground." I said. The mood abroad in the country is growing more anti-teacher...
View ArticleIt's time to stop demonizing teachers.
Some people, finally, are beginning to get it. Within the last 48 hours, two nationally-recognized columnists at two of the nation's largest papers have come to the defense of teachers.Pulitzer-prize...
View ArticleTeachers: Do not travel in herds!
That's according to the Washington Post's Harold Meyerson. The first paragraph of Lessons from the teachers' strike reads as follows:"Here’s a bit of advice to America’s teachers: If you want the...
View ArticleA word about the locked-out NFL officials.
It turns out that workers have something in common with the locked-out NFL officials. All across America, corporations are seeing record profits yet asking their workers to take cuts in pay and...
View ArticleIt's lightbulb time!
Quick note to blog readers: It has been a couple of months since my last post. Making a move of 1100 miles will do that! Well, the boxes are finally unpacked, the Thanksgiving guests have departed and...
View ArticleSocial Security: Little "tweaks" matter.
It's important for retirees to pay close attention to the current deficit negotiations in Washington because the "big 3" programs of most interest to retirees are chips on the table. These are Social...
View ArticleDoes this make sense?
There appears to be strong Republican pressure building in Washington to raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. Some say that this will save the federal government $5.7 billion per year, and...
View ArticleHas democracy turned into a yacht race?
[NOTE: I'm headed north for the holidays, so this will be the last post until after the first of the year.]Remember Wisconsin? They had an election a couple of years ago and the Republican promise of...
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On the 24th, we drove from Fredonia to our daughter's home in Albany for a few days. During the 5-hour drive, we listened to satellite radio for awhile.One talkshow host had a caller who asked why it...
View ArticleQuick Quiz: Do you really understand the debt ceiling?
OK, here's the question: If Congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling, will this keep the U.S. from spending more money?If you said "no," then pat yourself on the back. There's a good chance you just...
View ArticleShould teachers be armed?
I owned a .22 rifle when I was a teenager. It was a gift from my dad. Living in the city of Rochester, however, did not afford many opportunities for firing that weapon. I never hunted. We had to head...
View ArticleBusiness Roundtable solves Social Security.
The Business Roundtable is made up of the CEO's of 200 major corporations. They met in Washington this week, and you'll be happy to know that they solved the Social Security problem.What is that...
View ArticleAmerica's foam finger problem.
Sometimes I feel as if I'm living inside a giant pep rally for America. Politicians love to tell us how we are the greatest country on the face of the Earth, the "land of opportunity" a "shining city...
View ArticleDemocracy as a yacht race revisited.
Last Dec. 13 I did a blog post titled "Has democracy turned into a yacht race?" In a yacht race, you can win by having the fastest boat, or the most skilled skipper and crew, or by manipulating the...
View ArticleWe're two weeks away from killing the kids.
Imagine that your family has a dispute with a neighboring family that has gone on for years. In order to force a settlement of this dispute, both families agree to do something so stupid as to be...
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