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TRAIL BLAZERS? WHY NBA PLAYERS SHOULD LOVE PORTLAND

February 11, 2022 by

Portland Trail Blazers talk gets louder during a team in transition, which is where they are in 2022. Is it a reload or a rebuild? Will Dame stay or will he go? Answer those questions and you may be a General Manager candidate. But there’s still one over-arching question that needs an answer: Why does […]

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OLYMPIC SPORTS EVENTS THAT HAVE CHANGED THE MOST?

February 10, 2022 by

The original Olympics had two sports events: Running and Wrestling. The funny part states that if you couldn’t wrestle, you ran, had to run, or the wresters would catch you. Every sport since has fit somewhere between wrestling and running. At least that’s the theory.

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FIXERS FIX THINGS, BROKEN OR NOT

February 9, 2022 by

Do you believe fixers fix what’s broken and improve what’s not broken? You should, after all, you’re one of them, aren’t you? If not, give it some time. You will join the group eventually. We all have that fixer gene, and know who to call when it proves defective. For example:

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FAMILY CAREGIVING TIPS FOR THE NEW SANDWICH GENERATION

February 7, 2022 by

Family caregiving takes a turn with a new generation lining up for duty. GenX looks ready. And like other generations before them, like the Baby Boomer Generation, it will all come as a big surprise. Most of us don’t come from a tradition, or culture, that includes taking care of our elders living under the […]

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NATIONAL SERVICE TAKES MANY PATHS, INCLUDES COMMON NEEDS

February 6, 2022 by

National service means serving the national good. Part of the national good is not making people doing the same work sick. An infectious disease like covid brings out the best and the worst. The worst?

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WHY LEGITIMATE POLITICAL DISCOURSE NEEDS SOME SCHOOLING

February 5, 2022 by

Since I’m an expert on political discourse I’ll tell you how I became such an expert After reading this, see if the same criteria applies to others who claim expertise in legitimate political discourse. For me, it all started in second grade. Experts, believable experts, need early references.

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WRITING HISTORY FOR FUTURE READERS

February 4, 2022 by

Writing history, engaging history, helps readers. What doesn’t help readers is writing bad history. But bad history has an appeal, a great appeal. Bad history writing plays to the audience who need their feelings and actions validated in a way they understand. What do they need to understand?

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READING HISTORY BOOKS YIELDS MORE THAN BARGAINED FOR

February 3, 2022 by

Reading history books is about more than validating the opinion you already have. George Washington, first president and father of our country, chopped a cherry tree down and confessed because he would never lie? Honest Abe Lincoln never told a lie? No one questioned their honesty? Reading history books could answer those sort of questions, […]

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MOVE AROUND FOR A BETTER VIEW

February 2, 2022 by

I move around the house from garage to kitchen and back. A door in between is a bathroom door, which is handy The kitchen has a refrigerator, but that’s not why I come in. I’ve got a fridge in the garage, too

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THE WORLD STOPS FOR NO ONE. HOW DO I KNOW?

February 1, 2022 by

The world stops for you, and you, and you, because you need a break? And it stops for the rest of us because things are moving a little too fast? Hold that thought. Hold the next one, too. Hold it tight.

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