Month: January 2016
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Understanding the Baby-Boomers
By Samuel Phineas Upham If you relate to the following phrases, then you’re probably a baby-boomer: “Lamaze classes; baby showers; ‘parenting skills’; preschool anxiety all the way up to college; transitional phases; timeouts; chronic credit-card debt,” and the list goes on. In the article, “Reinventing Middle Age,” Daphne Merkin begins by writing a long list…
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The Cold War and Vietnam War
The Cold War was not a war in the traditional sense of the word and pretty much the Cold War was a contest between ideological, economic, and political systems between USA and Soviet Union. The Cold War was characterized by a heightened state of tension over a long duration, which was made all the more…
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Is the American Manufacturing Industry on the Verge of a Renaissance?
US factory workers are considered to be a better deal than they were about ten years ago. That’s the crux of a changing mentality towards hiring more American workers. Simply put, companies believe that there are valid reasons for hiring people at home and some of them include a reduction in the “wage gap”, lower…
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The Baby-Boomer Generation
By Phineas Upham How would you describe the baby-boomer generation? In the article, “Reinventing Middle Age,” Daphne Merkin does a great job at listing phrases to describe this group of middle aged folk, starting with “Lamaze classes” and “chronic credit card debt.” The article is a look at the baby-boomer generation from the eyes of…
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Elections and Medical Marijuana
The elections going on now is very interesting in that three states have a measure on their ballots to legalize or decriminalize marijuana and to regulate it like Alcohol. Leading the country in this effort is Colorado. In numerous other states, there is a movement towards MMJ or Medial Marijuana. This is not about people…