Category Archives: baby boomers
Back To The Future -New Years Predictions For 1975
Past Perfect- New Years Predictions The New Year has always been the traditional time for crystal ball gazing offering tantalizing predictions for our imagined future. For forward-thinking post-war Americans, peering into the future was a favorite pastime. So it is
Back To The Future -New Years Predictions For 1975
Past Perfect- New Years Predictions The New Year has always been the traditional time for crystal ball gazing offering tantalizing predictions for our imagined future. For forward-thinking post-war Americans, peering into the future was a favorite pastime. So it is
A Veterans Day Tradition Operation Army Jacket
What my WWII veteran father had done in the war and what the war had done to him was never clear to me. Like most men of Dad’s generation, silence was a heroic virtue. Just as the memories of the
A Veterans Day Tradition Operation Army Jacket
What my WWII veteran father had done in the war and what the war had done to him was never clear to me. Like most men of Dad’s generation, silence was a heroic virtue. Just as the memories of the
Weird-Ohs
It can’t be said enough. Republicans are just plain weird. From Deranged Donald, JD the Jerk Off, and Maniac Marge to Looney Toons Lindsey, Creepy Ted Cruz, and Koo-Koo Kerry Lake, this bunch of GOP misfits bear a striking resemblance
Weird-Ohs
It can’t be said enough. Republicans are just plain weird. From Deranged Donald, JD the Jerk Off, and Maniac Marge to Looney Toons Lindsey, Creepy Ted Cruz, and Koo-Koo Kerry Lake, this bunch of GOP misfits bear a striking resemblance
Here I Come to Save the Day…Whether Women Like it or Not
Sometimes it seems Donald Trump got his worldview from Saturday morning cartoon shows. Despite what he may think, Donald is no Dudley Do-Right racing to women’s aid. And American women are no damsels in distress tied to railroad tracks waiting
Here I Come to Save the Day…Whether Women Like it or Not
Sometimes it seems Donald Trump got his worldview from Saturday morning cartoon shows. Despite what he may think, Donald is no Dudley Do-Right racing to women’s aid. And American women are no damsels in distress tied to railroad tracks waiting
Entering the World of MAD Magazine
Walking through the doors of The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts last Sunday into the halls of the MAD Magazine Exhibit was like finally standing in front of the Wailing Wall as an Orthodox Jew. I did everything short
Entering the World of MAD Magazine
Walking through the doors of The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts last Sunday into the halls of the MAD Magazine Exhibit was like finally standing in front of the Wailing Wall as an Orthodox Jew. I did everything short
Picturing our Pets
One look at our social media feeds and you know Americans have a love affair with their pets. We may be living in the golden age of fawning over cats and doggos, out in force constantly capturing every cute pose
Picturing our Pets
One look at our social media feeds and you know Americans have a love affair with their pets. We may be living in the golden age of fawning over cats and doggos, out in force constantly capturing every cute pose
Hair Washing Day
Yesterday morning after I showered and washed my hair I decided to take Moe out for a walk. Forgoing my usual blow drying, I chose to walk him with a head of wet hair letting the air dry it. Feeling
Hair Washing Day
Yesterday morning after I showered and washed my hair I decided to take Moe out for a walk. Forgoing my usual blow drying, I chose to walk him with a head of wet hair letting the air dry it. Feeling
How Presidential Debates Were Changed By Television
Whether tonights debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump is the summer blockbuster they are hoping or not, this is potentially one of the most consequential debates since John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon’s. And that’s saying a
How Presidential Debates Were Changed By Television
Whether tonights debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump is the summer blockbuster they are hoping or not, this is potentially one of the most consequential debates since John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon’s. And that’s saying a
How the 1970 Shooting at Kent State Forever Changed Me
The sight of armed officers on our college campuses chills. Republicans who are calling for the National Guard to be sent to colleges to intervene in pro-Palestinian protests have a dim memory of what can happen when troops are
How the 1970 Shooting at Kent State Forever Changed Me
The sight of armed officers on our college campuses chills. Republicans who are calling for the National Guard to be sent to colleges to intervene in pro-Palestinian protests have a dim memory of what can happen when troops are
I Found Out I Can Do Something
Last Sunday, the shy little girl who was too scared to raise her hand in class and use her voice, the young woman so hampered by shame for decades that she kept silent, won the award for best voiceover in
I Found Out I Can Do Something
Last Sunday, the shy little girl who was too scared to raise her hand in class and use her voice, the young woman so hampered by shame for decades that she kept silent, won the award for best voiceover in
Envisioning The American Dream 