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Cascade Florist,Hartsdale, N.Y.66

Bouquets, Brickbats, Ramblings

A large bouquet goes to all the charitable organizations that donate their time and energy to give the homeless a helping hand. At the same time, a brickbat goes to those childless citizens who balk at paying their share of taxes to fund our schools.

19 comments    education video news
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, Connecticut64

School Board: Let Educators Do Their Job

Norwalk's superintendent of schools has been unfairly criticized after the city's school board chairman unwisely halted distribution of his newsletter. The chairman's job is to set policy, not to run the day-to-day operations of the school administration.

4 comments    advice finance education
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Equal Justice: Not Equal, Not Justice

Crime and punishment has always been complex. It rarely has been administered well. Dungeons and torture chambers have pretty much disappeared, but society has a long way to go to reach an intelligent, fair and just solution to the problems we face today.

29 comments    education politics video
Horn of Plenty (Cornucopia)66

We're Doing Great, But We Can Do Better

There's a lot to be said about the benefits of being alive at this juncture in history, especially here in the good old U.S.A. While most of us are far from wealthy, we tend to focus more than we should on "things" and less on family, friends and neighbors.

17 comments    entertainment family television
Pete Rose during the controversial interview by NBC Reporter Jim Gray on Oct. 24, 2000 as Rose returned triumphantly to baseball as part of the All-Century team at Turner Field in Atlanta. Photo courtesy of CNNSI.com63

Press Should Report News, Not Make It

NBC reporter Jim Gray's controversial interview with Pete Rose during the 2000 World Series is a perfect example of the press acting irresponsibly: making the news instead of reporting it!

14 comments    education sports video
Showing the depth of Desperation in the Great Depression66

Spurn the Tyranny of the Majority

Only a few decades ago, Americans enjoyed a kinder, gentler society. But, generally, attitudes have changed in recent years. There's a tendency toward mean-spiritedness today as illustrated by the current outlook on smokers, who are often vilified by nonsmokers.

32 comments    education food video
No Woman No Cry by Chris Ofili (1998). The painting stands on two dried, varnished lumps of elephant dung. A third is used as the pendant of the necklace.65

We Should Be Reaching for the Stars

Old-timers like me lament the decline of moral and ethical values we've all witnessed over the last several decades. We were, and are, far from perfect. We've said and done things we're not proud of, but, then, we're human aren't we?

19 comments    education video hubpages
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, signing Social Security Act of 1935 in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Library of Congress photo.65

Privacy: Noun Now Believed To Be Obsolete

You can run, but you can't hide. It's becoming more apparent to me that Big Brother is alive and well -- and living in the Internet. If there were ever any doubt that the society that George Orwell foretold has come to fruition, there can be little or none today.

20 comments    education politics video
Salvation Army Always On the Spot -- Hurricane Gustav73

True Charity: Selfless, Not Self-serving

Charity should be selfless, not self-serving. The wealthy, too often, use charities for something other than soliciting their thanks. Asise from tax breaks, the big givers, especially, reap large rewards, both financially and socially.

28 comments    money video hubpages
Alan Greenspan, Bej Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board chairmen59

Who's Really Watching the Stock Market?

The Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. Treasury are not doing enough to protect the growing number of sheep-like investors from the growing number of financial wolves. "Big money interests" are playing the market like an accordian.

12 comments    business advice technology
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