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NURTURING YEARS, OR CHECKING OUT

August 23, 2022 by

Nurturing years change over time. From the duties of planting and raising nasturtiums in third grade, to raising kids in your thirties, the stakes rise. Then everyone grows up and no longer need nurturing? No, that’s not how it works.

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OTHER AMERICA ASKS WHAT’S WRONG, EVERYTHING’S FINE

July 16, 2021 by

The other America sees a problem, but instead of seeking a solution, they tune into their favorite channel to discover if it’s a real problem. And who to blame. Not fix, but blame. Problems don’t go away if you scream a cry loud and often. Shocking? But, not to you? An American living in Germany […]

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FAKE NEWS SHARED BY BABY BOOMERS, BUT WHY?

January 11, 2019 by

    For online fans of social media there’s a drumbeat across many platforms saying the same thing: Baby boomers share more fake news than any other demographic. The usual cutoff age is sixty five, so I’ve got another year before I hit that wall. If you are a boomer I’ve got a question: Do […]

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C-SPAN, THE NEWS BEFORE IT’S NEWS ON SLOW-TV

February 21, 2017 by

  Why do people show up prepared and polite for C-SPAN?   Cruise through cable listings and you’ll find C-Span, short for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network. Nothing fancy, not a lot of camera angles, just someone at a podium speaking, or on a panel. No drama, not histrionics, so what is it’s purpose? C-SPAN shows […]

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FOX BROADCASTING NEWT’S PAIN

October 26, 2016 by

Did Fox Broadcasting sic Megyn Kelly on Newt Gingrich? What happens when a legendary Ladies’ Man meets his match? Fox Broadcasting just answered the question. What we learned was some former has-beens need better handling. Who goes on a ‘friendly’ network, like Fox Broadcasting, and alienates the audience? If I wanted to see a sagging […]

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OREGONIAN OF RECORD

April 14, 2015 by

When News Leads, The Oregonian Gets There First. Before the internet we watched television news. Walter Cronkite explained how it was before signing off each night with, “And that’s the way it is.” Baby boomers got used to watching the non-telegenic Cronkite’s newscast. No need for a pretty boy like Brian Williams giving the news […]

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BOOMERS MOVE AWAY FROM THE FOURTH ESTATE

May 5, 2014 by

The News? We’re Talking About The News? Print journalism shines brightest when a lowly reporter speaks truth to power. Woodward and Bernstein wrote about President Nixon and you know how that turned out. Who’s been a go-to reporter since then? Mario Lopez? Once you hit the big time in books and movies based on your […]

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