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MAKING HISTORY? THEN MAKE GOOD HISTORY

Making history feels like something you might realize after the fact. You did something well, felt good about it, then someone says, “That’s never been done before.” Does that make what you’ve done more important? Maybe important enough to try again?

HUMAN BONDING BENT BUT NOT BROKEN

If you over-analyze how life on earth works it comes down to one thing: human bonding. Call it trust, call it faith, because those are the ingredients. As humans we are bound by trust and faith in the recipe for human bonding. Take your car for instance:

BE SMART OR BE DEAD, BLUE BLOOD

“Be smart or be dead,” comes from a cop show I watch with my wife. It could be any cop show watched with any wife as long as Tom Selleck is in it. In a recent episode a retired cop stops some shady punk from robbing a cashier by pulling his gun, aiming it at […]

AMERICAN PRACTICE: VOTE LIKE IT MATTERS

An American practice is like a medical practice: sometimes we get it wrong. Sometimes we get it right and it’s still wrong. If you’re old enough to vote, do it. Vote like it matters and encourage others to do the same. Voting is part of an American practice, like minding our own business and staying […]

HELPING OTHERS LEARN HOW TO HELP OTHERS

Helping others seems like the shortened version of the Golden Rule. Boomers remember the Golden Rule after the Grandma squad drilled it in. Millennials might be a little foggy on it since their parents didn’t take them to church, quote Bible verses, or give them the gift of spending a week with a great-Grandma. Here […]

BROTHER CHECK IN: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY

A Facebook friend posted about a brother check, or check-in. Apparently he’s got lots of brothers, or he was using the inclusive ‘brother’ to remind everyone to check in with their loved ones during the corona virus pandemic. If you have a brother, a sister, or anyone you care about, what do you want to […]

TWO HANDS: WISH IN ONE, TRUMP IN THE OTHER

The old saying about hope starts with two hands, one for wishes. While this is an opinion blog, my opinions, and not a political blog, I share the unusual and exceptional. Like now:

HISTORY MATTERS MORE THAN OPINIONS? USUALLY

History matters when someone starts explaining things beyond their grasp. If you don’t understand the basics of a single topic, then everything sounds authoritative. So how is it possible to tell the difference between a crackpot and a legitimate source? If you trust a blogger who gets with it an a daily basis, you’re on […]

VOTER GUIDE PAMPHLET ADDRESSED TO ‘RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER’

Who is the voter guide in your house, your apartment, your room, your shelter? When you open that ballot and it all looks like a mess, whose advice do you seek? I’ve got Malcolm Gladwell in my corner, his book Talking To Strangers under my ballot while I grind in another hard ink spot. It’s […]

MAKING HISTORY? THEN MAKE GOOD HISTORY

HUMAN BONDING BENT BUT NOT BROKEN

BE SMART OR BE DEAD, BLUE BLOOD

AMERICAN PRACTICE: VOTE LIKE IT MATTERS

HELPING OTHERS LEARN HOW TO HELP OTHERS

MISUNDERSTOOD MAN GIVES ILLOGICAL INTERVIEW BOOMERPDX STYLE

BROTHER CHECK IN: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY

TWO HANDS: WISH IN ONE, TRUMP IN THE OTHER

HISTORY MATTERS MORE THAN OPINIONS? USUALLY

VOTER GUIDE PAMPHLET ADDRESSED TO ‘RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER’

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