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PROFESSOR PUTIN WARMS UP FOR NEW PUPIL

December 17, 2016 by

  Check your class schedule for Professor Putin in the PE Department. If you’ve ever met Russians, and I have, then you know they are not all fans of Professor Putin. Like Americans, Russians live within the laws and customs of their land, and their leader. They live with their history, we live with ours. […]

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MONEY MEN, GENERALS, DANCE THE DANCE

December 10, 2016 by

  In a band of money men and retired generals, who plays which instrument?   Extreme wealth and unlimited power have one thing in common: they know how to close the deal. It might not be an ideal exchange, but it sets up a better one. Money men know how to roll with economic downturns. […]

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PEARL HARBOR, NEW HISTORY STUDENT GUIDE

December 7, 2016 by

How to explain Pearl Harbor in 2016. While years speed by history lays at risk, Pearl Harbor in particular. Names and places change, motives revealed, but the dead stay dead. New students may have trouble gripping the scope of WWII, but Pearl Harbor needs to stay constant. The sneak attack that will live in infamy […]

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MAN’S GAME FOR PUBLIC OFFICE?

November 4, 2016 by

If it’s Man’s Game, it comes with Man Talk. Man talk comes in every flavor, in every color of the rainbow. Man’s Game is more straight forward. Man’s Game is harsh and unrelenting. Call it frightening. Men do things others’ can’t do. It’s not our fault that the limits of human achievement, like world records […]

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WIFE BOSS FROM 1950 TO 2016

September 14, 2016 by

Did Fifties women even listen? Everyone’s got advice on what they don’t know about. They connect dots, paint pictures, and still can’t make you can’t see it. Anytime you reach into recent history, you’re showing stuff with easy proofs, references, sources. Real easy, like millions of pictures, documents, oral histories. Especially with women’s history, a […]

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OREGON LOVE IN THE DISTRICT

August 23, 2016 by

Reluctant traveler finds Oregon love on the road. The best part of traveling to the other side of North America is answering the question, “Where are you from.” The easy answer is, “Oregon.” The one that gets across is, “Portland, Oregon.” Saying anything else needs explaining, like Tigard, but since I get mail marked Portland, […]

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MAN ANTHEM FOR MODERN TIMES

July 19, 2016 by

Every era has a song. This era needs a Man Anthem. This Man Anthem is inspired by Barney the Purple Dinosauer and the Republican National Convention. The epicenter of male testosterone in America is Cleveland, Ohio. As if to prove it, Candidate Trump took the stage the way Mr. McMahon takes to the ring. Into […]

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MAKING NEW FRIENDS

June 10, 2016 by

Is it harder for aging baby boomers to make new friends? When the cycle of life leaves you lonely, it feels like everyone else is on the bicycle of life and you’ve got a flat. If that’s you, get moving. Walk it out. But to where? How do you make new friends? Where do you […]

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AMERICAN CTE: FOOTBALL AND DRIVING

April 13, 2016 by

The last thing good baby boomer helicopter parents wanted was their precious getting his brain rattled loose. But they have friends, friends with dads who coach youth football. “I hear your boy’s a good kicker. He want to play some ball?” And he’s on the team, from sixth grade kicker to pulling guard on a […]

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BABY BOOMERS RUINED AMERICA? NO, YOU DID.

March 9, 2016 by

When you hear how ruined America is and agree, it means one thing. If it’s not poisoned air, poisoned water, or broken bridges, it’s broken morals. Pick one to work on first. Did you pick yourself? Not yet? Give it another try. In the meantime, poisoned air from art glass factories isn’t the same as […]

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