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WHY AMERICAN MILITARY ARE STATIONED IN GERMANY AND JAPAN

My sources say over 33,000 US military personnel live in Germany, and 50,000 in Japan when their census came in in 2013. I’m part of the chorus asking, “Why?” Then I remember WWII.

LEGACY BOOMERS LEARN TO TELL TIME AND TURN BACK CLOCK

Legacy boomers showed up early. They were the first wave of kids when Johnny marched home after WWII. Families started between 1946-1952 produced future hippies and draft dodgers and leaders. Those are the people referred to when millennials drag baby boomers with “Ok Boomer.” So the rest of us get a pass? Uh, no. And […]

HOPEFUL PEOPLE ARE HELPFUL PEOPLE

I can’t agree with the conflict between millennials and baby boomers. That’s not what hopeful people do. You won’t agree either by the end of this post. I’ll start at the boomer beginning and go forward from there. You’re going to read some uncomfortable truths, but they’ll make sense and smooth out by the end.

OK BOOMER: THE SIXTIES FINALLY EXPLAINED

When did the 60’s begin in Portland? Don’t bother looking at a calendar for an answer. You won’t find a starting date. Younger people who aren’t so young any more see the 60’s as a boomer blast. It was the one party they missed, a special time for spoiled children to throw themselves a party […]

HISTORY BEGINNER: COMMON BASICS FROM UNCOMMON BLOGGER

Long stories blur into each other the more they’re told. Eventually a common thread emerges. I’m a history beginner, you’re a history beginner, we all be history beginners. If you don’t agree, then visit a new place, a place where you don’t speak the language, a place with different food, where you essentially throw yourself […]

DO BABY BOOMERS ASK FOR TOO MUCH

Depending on who you ask, baby boomers are either a blessing or a curse. Once we were the bundle of joy for parents coming back from The Big One, WWII. Their babies were the complete opposite of what had happened the past five years in Europe and the Pacific where injury and death were common. […]

Millennial History Break: WWII-era

It’s been a long time since history delivered WWII. A long time to learn what happened, too. But not all are interested in the lessons of WWII, particularly the death camps where those deemed undesirable by the German authorities were warehoused until further notice. Further notice was death for six million […]

How Older Men Express Themselves When No One Is Around To Call BS

I knew older men who’d been everywhere, done everything, and could drive any car ever invented. They’d had every job from sales executive to mailman, to factory worker, to fighter pilot in three wars. Sometimes it was true. One of them said he was shot down and imprisoned on a Japanese held […]

BETTER SELF? IF YOU HAVE A BETTER SELF, WHO WERE YOU BEFORE FINDING OUT?

Life mysteries usually get solved by our better self, the part we hope others notice because it’s better than the usual. The mystery solutions usually fall between ‘Wow, I didn’t think I could do that’ and ‘Oops, I thought I could do that.’ One shocking example was Det. Mark Fuhrman during […]

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, […]

WHY AMERICAN MILITARY ARE STATIONED IN GERMANY AND JAPAN

LEGACY BOOMERS LEARN TO TELL TIME AND TURN BACK CLOCK

HOPEFUL PEOPLE ARE HELPFUL PEOPLE

OK BOOMER: THE SIXTIES FINALLY EXPLAINED

HISTORY BEGINNER: COMMON BASICS FROM UNCOMMON BLOGGER

DO BABY BOOMERS ASK FOR TOO MUCH

Millennial History Break: WWII-era

How Older Men Express Themselves When No One Is Around To Call BS

BETTER SELF? IF YOU HAVE A BETTER SELF, WHO WERE YOU BEFORE FINDING OUT?

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

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