Whatever else he is, or says he is, Donald Trump is 100% New Yorker. If you’ve lived in New York, or live in New York now, you know the deal. Say the name New York and the same image pops up. Upstate isn’t that image. As a group, New Yorkers live in a […]
MILLENNIAL VOTE, BABY BOOMER HISTORY
Who gets the millennial vote? Election spin twists faster and faster the closer voting day gets. One minute the official polls change, the next they change back. The 24 hour news cycles needs drama to keep the pot boiling, so why worry? Here’s why: For all the bashing they get, millennials keep surfacing as a […]
JB EXPLAINS ELECTION CHOICES
Baby Boomer Generation Knows Election Choices Putting a new tenant in the White House is always a roll of the dice, a gamble the entire world hopes goes their way. If you’re all about hope for better, then you seek ideas and writers who open doors, open windows, knock down walls of fear and doubt. […]
MAN ANTHEM FOR MODERN TIMES
Every era has a song. This era needs a Man Anthem. This Man Anthem is inspired by Barney the Purple Dinosauer and the Republican National Convention. The epicenter of male testosterone in America is Cleveland, Ohio. As if to prove it, Candidate Trump took the stage the way Mr. McMahon takes to the ring. Into […]
ILLEGAL ORDERS: FOLLOW OR NOT
How illegal orders were explained in the 1970’s Army. The beginning of the All-Volunteer Army came with something extra. New boots needed to know about ‘illegal orders.’ Call it a special understanding to make the Army a more attractive choice. Not more swearing, yelling, smacking, punching, and general ass-kicking. And no more illegal orders. The […]
MY ADVICE TO TRUMP, or #MyAdviceToTrump
#MyAdvideToTrump: Big Picture leaders need to keep a focus on the small things. It’s not about how much ground you cover, but how high you soar. This isn’t the time to lay down and rest, Mr. Trump. You may be sixty nine years old, but you have the explosive energy of a sixty eight year […]
TRUMP MOMENT FINALLY ARRIVES
Pro Choice Delivers The Trump Moment, And None Too Early. We spend our lives following instructions, giving instruction, and making a difference. At least that’s the idea. Stay in your lane. Signal for lane change. Repeat. Sounds too easy until it’s not, like the freeway merge artist who slides four lanes over like they’re looking […]
BABY BOOMER HISTORY: PRESIDENTS SINCE 1946
Baby boomers showed up in 1946, Presidents since 1946. From the drama of the golden baby boomer decade, the psychedelic Sixties, you’d think Nixon was the only president that mattered. Or Lyndon Johnson. But good history fans hark back to Harry Truman in 1946. Harry ‘The Buck Stops Here’ Truman welcomed the first wave of […]