Keep On Learning
BY KITT WALSH A mind is a terrible thing to waste, even when you are on the other side of half a century on the planet. Not only does continuing to educate yourself give you something other than your...
View ArticleThis Election: Don’t Buy into the Cult of Personality
BY DON PORTOLESE This election cycle has been clouded by a clash of “—UGE” personalities. To such a degree that it is nearly impossible to look at either candidate objectively. Names and innuendos,...
View ArticleWhatever ‘Suits’ You
BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL “Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.” I remembered this saying by the much-quoted author Robert Tew,...
View ArticlePaying Our Fair Share
BY DON PORTOLESE While it is not the sum total of a candidate, there are some important things to factor in when it comes to how our presidential nominees handle their financial dealings. Some are...
View ArticleNote From the Publisher
BY BETH PORTOLESE Well it's October! I think this is the best month of the best season so I'm happy it's here. It finally started to feel like fall in New York during the past week. Most of September...
View ArticleHow Prescription Drugs Got Hijacked and What You Can Do About It
BY STEVE NUBIE Many prescription drug prices in the U.S. are soaring and the reason is driven by greed, corruption and ineffective government legislation. The current outrage over the rising price of...
View ArticleBurning Middle-Aged Man
BY DON PORTOLESE I have finally shaken all of the dust and sand from my weary bones. Four days at Burning Man, in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, and I am still trying to make sense of my...
View ArticleThe Law and Order President?
BY DON PORTOLESE For a candidate who preaches law and order, Donald Trump doesn’t seem to embody the words he pays such lip-service. To his credit, Trump has taken an opportunistic detour from his...
View ArticleSJP Gets a ‘Divorce’
BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL “How do you go from eight years of a happy marriage to wanting to blow someone’s head off?” asks Sarah Jessica Parker’s character “Frances” in the premiere episode of the HBO...
View ArticleWhat Our Country Runs On
BY DON PORTOLESE Manufacturing and energy production are two important pillars of our economy. These are what have powered us to prosperity, what this country runs on. However, our engines have begun...
View ArticleThe Game is Rigged
BY DON PORTOLESE I have to say Donald Trump is right. Yes, for the first time during this election, I whole-heartedly agree with the republican candidate. Our election system is rigged. Every election...
View ArticleAmerica’s Favorite Redhead and Role Model
BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL My 18-year-old daughter Meg has had many celebrity role models in her young life—from Dora the Explorer to Michelle Obama; and in between there have been people like Gwyneth...
View ArticleOne Last Look at Hillary Clinton
BY DON PORTOLESE It is not difficult to tell where I stand when it comes to politics. I have written many articles that question the conservative agenda and the dangerous candidate republicans have put...
View ArticleNote From the Publisher
BY BETH PORTOLESE Well my favorite month, October, has ended and now here we are in November. Let the holiday madness begin. I can't believe that all the holiday decorations are already going up and...
View ArticleStill Undecided?
BY DON PORTOLESE There are only three days left before our presidential election, and many people are still undecided. This says a lot about how our electorate views the two candidates. Yet, if the...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Concerns of people 50 and Over That Our Candidates Are Ignoring
BY STEVE NUBIE According to a PEW Research report the top 5 things that matter most to Americans in this election has little to do with Americans 50 Plus. Here’s the telegram. PEW research is defined...
View ArticleRemember the Marathon!
BY BETH PORTOLESE This past weekend I went to watch the runners in the New York City marathon. My fabulous cousin MaryAnn was running in it. As I waited for her to come by, I saw all types of people...
View ArticleHealing After The Election
BY DON PORTOLESE After one of the most divisive elections in our history, there is clearly a lot we need to reflect upon in order to heal the divisions so darkly carved in our electorate. The election...
View ArticleWhy Good Girls Go Rogue
BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL Ever since Mad Men ended, I’ve been a little glum, apropos my TV viewing, but Good Girls Revolt on Amazon Prime Video has turned things around for me. The music alone makes it...
View Article“May I Help You”? The Decline of Customer Service
BY JILL MATLOW My late paternal grandfather Louis (or Poppa Louie, as he was affectionately known) owned a men’s and boys’ clothing store in a small coal-mining town in PA during the 1920s to 1950s. He...
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