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Only a fool would publically predict what will happen in the near future regarding the U.S. economy; however, I suggest that we will have a slowdown, shutdown, or shakedown–maybe all three. We are already in the slowdown; however, I think it is also probable that the other two disasters are in store for all of […]
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Leave a Comment (Every Wednesday I publish one of my earlier columns that I hope will be instructive, informative, inspiring, and maybe infuriating. The following column was first published in 2010: An old college friend asked me recently where I really think America is headed. I basically said that our nation is an out-of-control train running top speed […]
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Leave a Comment (Each Wednesday I publish one of my earlier columns that I hope will be informative, instructive, and sometime inspiring. At times, it is infuriating! The following column was published in 2008. It was a fantastic year when the stock market boomed and major U.S. companies made huge profits in domestic and foreign markets. New technology […]
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Leave a Comment (Each Wednesday I post an old column that I hope will be informative, instructive, and inspirational. Today’s column was first published in 2010. An old college friend asked me recently where I really think America is headed. I basically said that our nation is an out-of-control train running top speed with an incompetent and suicidal […]
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Leave a Comment (Each Wednesday I publish one of my previous columns that I hope will be interesting, informative, instructive if not inspiring. This column was published in 2006. DUMPies are Destitute Unprepared Mature People who had “confidence in the system” and who were “sure everything will work out all right.” However, their faith was in the […]
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Leave a Comment (Each Wednesday I post one of my old columns that I think will be interesting and informative if not inspiring to my readers. Today’s column was published in 2007: DUMPies are Destitute Unprepared Mature People who had “confidence in the system” and who were “sure everything will work out all right.” However, their faith […]
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Leave a Comment (Each Wednesday I post one of my old columns that I think will be interesting, informative, even inspirational. Today I am posting a 2005 column dealing with the economy: While I am not a pessimist, I do believe you should prepare for very difficult days ahead. If you are planning on Social Security or even […]
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Leave a Comment (FLASHBACK: Each Wednesday I post one of my old columns that is pertinent and interesting. This one is from 2008. The fat lady was standing in the wings ready to sing while President Bush was speaking on July 15 to the American people attempting to assure them that the economy is sound and hoping they […]
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