We face many pressing needs, but one that doesn’t seem to be adequately addressed is housing. Did you know: –1 in 7 homes that go on the market today are bought by investors? –The cost of starter homes are rising seven times faster than renter incomes? –The typical renter needs 27 years to save for […]
Joe Biden has successfully handled many things, including the raging pandemic, since he took office. He’s had so many balls in the air at a time, it’s amazing how well he’s been able to juggle. The Balls? The balls? Well, as mentioned, there is the Covid pandemic. He did a great job at getting people […]
I can’t understand the need for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Nor do I see a reason for male-dominated state legislatures to get involved in determining decisions that should be between a woman and her physician. Consider this from Guttmacher.org: Eighteen percent of pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) in 2017 ended in abortion. […]
Like most of you (all of you), I hate masks. I don’t like the way they feel, especially as the weather warms up. I don’t like the way they muffle speech, especially since I have some hearing loss. I don’t like the way they mess up my hair. But I’m Masking But I’m putting up […]
Unless you watched the program, you likely would have had to search to learn that Coda won Best Picture, Encanto won best animated picture, and Jessica Chastain won best actress. I think you would have known that Will Smith won best actor, though. And it was Smith, of course, who has dominated all Hollywood coverage […]
I suspect I’m not alone in saying I don’t know enough about Ukraine and other former Soviet Union members. For example, it shocked me to learn that Ukraine was the largest country in Europe. But I grew up hearing a lot about Poland. And I’m glad to see the Polish people welcoming the flood of […]
The invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces reminds me very much of the fear I had for the Russians as a child of the Cold War. I grew up near Kansas City, and several strategic military installations were nearby. My dad always thought we might be a ready target. I heard some of that I […]
Every day 2,000 acres of farmland are paved over or converted to uses that jeopardize farming, according to the American Farmland Trust. Needed for food This land, the richest in the world, is irreplaceable and needed to grow food. The Trust considers the current circumstance a national disgrace and catastrophe. I would agree. Better stewardship […]
Inflation bothers us just a little. Retired, with a home that is paid for, and few grocery bills for just the two of us, it’s not hitting us. But it is hitting many But it is hitting many. It’s at a 39-year high, according to CNN Business. And the Federal Reserve’s signals to raise interest […]
My recent holiday television viewing has included the 1941 Frank Capra classic “Meet John Doe.” The movie is about a grassroots political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist (Barbara Stanwyck). She engages the help of a down and out baseball player (Gary Cooper). The Bulletin A local newspaper, The Bulletin, is under new management, […]