Understanding Politics

WANA: We may not have it all together, but together we have it all. J. Holmes, in Author Piper Bayard’s fine blog, keeps us all up to date on current events and international affairs, but that doesn’t inform us about the politics that go on behind those events. I thought I’d correct that by sharing [...]

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Our Society Yesterday and Today

A smile never increases in price or decreases in value. The other day I while was visiting with my 95 year-old mother, she made a statement I’ve come to believe was truly profound. Since her normal conversation is limited to “Whatcha been doing?” and “What’s Sharon (my wife) doing today?” I always pay attention when [...]

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Simple Economics

Today’s post comes from an email I received recently. Perhaps you saw the email also. When I checked to see if anyone claimed credit for authoring it, I discovered the author was unknown, but I also found that major fact-checking websites disputed its authenticity. I don’t really care whether it’s a true story or not. [...]

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Making Sense of the Health Insurance Debate–Part I

It is not the purpose of this blog to make popular statements. It is our purpose here to expose you to truths about insurance in general today and, in our next blog, health insurance—truths that have by-and-large been lost in today’s discussions on the subject. With over forty years’ experience in the field of health [...]

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Your Government at Work

My apologies for using the words “government” and “work” both in the same title. I suppose such oxymorons should be avoided. As caregiver for my ninety-plus year-old mother, it’s my job to collect her income and pay her bills. This includes, of course, seeing to the accuracy of both and trying to keep any of [...]

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