June 2016 In a recent editorial, the Cape Cod Times pointed out that within ten years the percentage of people over 65 on Cape Cod will grow from 24% to 35%. More than one in three Cape Cod residents will be seniors! The Times was concerned that efforts to better serve this population with regional…
August 2016 This was written during the campaign for president in 2016. I wish we had all paid more attention to it. There have been several studies showing that Donald Trump’s unconventional approach to campaigning gets incredible coverage in the media – much more than any of his competitors. If you pay attention to the…
October 2016 In September the non-partisan Pew Research Center conducted a survey among more than 4,000 members of its panel and found that ”…the vast majority of registered voters (83%) … think that it is the news media’s responsibility to fact-check political candidates and campaigns. Nearly two-thirds (65%) say it is a major responsibility, while…
October, 2016 An old friend in San Diego writes: “Can’t wait for the election to be over. We vote by absentee ballot (Our address has no polling place so we automatically receive a mail-in ballot; but anyone in California can request an absentee ballot, even permanently). We have 17 statewide props and 16 local ones…
July 2015 The two most important guidelines for life are, in my opinion, how you take care of yourself, and how you take care of others – in that order. They must be in that order because if you don’t do the first one well, you won’t be able to do the second properly. In…