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American process is what we’re famous for around here. The U.S. didn’t become what it is today by scrapping everything and starting over, although some argue that that’s what FDR did in the Great Depression. Not my argument. Why? Because FDR was schooled in the American process. He had been a state senator, assistant secretary […]

GREATEST PLACES IN THE WORLD: PORTLAND, ORE?

Greatest places? In the world? Portland? Ore? The civic booster in me recoils at calling a city one of the greatest ‘places’ in the world, then having it echoed by the newspaper of record, the Oregonian. It’s got to help public relations, but Time Magazine didn’t help with their image of Portland. Neither did the […]

ELLEN URBANI MAKES GOOD TROUBLE

Ellen Urbani wrote an essay published in Time Magazine. “Our president wants you to believe I am a terrorist, a professional agitator stalking the Pacific Northwest.“ The title of the essay was, “I’m a Mom Who Came Out to Protest for Black Lives in Portland. I Was Shot by Federal Agents.” That’s where the wheelchair […]

BOOMER GENERATION BREAKS AMERICA ON TIME COVER BUT NOT IN OUR HEARTS

At some point every generation can take credit for breaking America. The pinata of democracy is strong enough to take a few whacks. It helps that those swinging the stick are usually too old to do much damage, but watching them still hurts. Steven Brill explains it all for baby boomers, […]

MILLENNIAL BASHING? NOT SO FAST, BOOMER

Baby Boomers need to stop Millennial bashing for the sake of all. Remember the generation too lazy to work, to loaded to care, and too free to stick around? Were those millennials or boomers? Self pampered boomers look at millennials today with everything from disgust to loathing, especially since they raised them. They are experts […]

OREGON SHARING: WHEN IS IT ENOUGH?

The Sharing Economy, Or Just An Excuse To Complain. For all good reasons to share, because it’s the right thing to do, because you can make money doing nothing, because it’s so easy, there’s as many reasons not to share. That’s the sharing economy. Use my stuff for a price. A lower price than buying […]

WHEN TIME IS RIGHT, WHEN TIME IS WRONG

Time Magazine is not always on your side. In an era of tablets and smart phones, who reads Time? Who subscribes? From the looks of most doctors’ offices, medical people like Time. Why? Think of the patients. The older they are, the more likely they grew up with Time. They still read words on paper […]

Baby Boomers And The Kid Car

So Many Choices Where are the days when you turned sixteen and your daddy handed you the keys to your new ride? The boys got a muscle car and the girls a cute pink convertible. Those days are still around somewhere. Is this what happened when you turned sixteen: “Here, honey, take the keys and […]

Joel Stein, Boomer Enough

If you read Time Magazine, you’ve heard of Joel Stein. If not, he’s got the Awesome Column toward the back of each issue. And he fills it up boomer style. What is boomer style? Doing stuff that doesn’t seem to matter at first, but then grows legs and runs. Joel had a runner in a […]

AMERICAN PROCESS = THE GRIND

GREATEST PLACES IN THE WORLD: PORTLAND, ORE?

ELLEN URBANI MAKES GOOD TROUBLE

BOOMER GENERATION BREAKS AMERICA ON TIME COVER BUT NOT IN OUR HEARTS

MILLENNIAL BASHING? NOT SO FAST, BOOMER

WHEN TIME IS RIGHT, WHEN TIME IS WRONG

Boomer Teens, 1966 And More

Baby Boomers And The Kid Car

Joel Stein, Boomer Enough

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