Boomers were not called Boomers until the late 1970s. And the truth is that there are at least two primary groups of Boomers. The first half of the population bump that happened between 1946 and 1964 were the people too young to be beatniks, but old enough to be cannon fodder for the war in […]
April 1 – Free to Be a Fool
The title of this post was supposed to be “Free to Be a Fool A to Z” but strike-throughs are not allowed in titles in one of the site constraints I have to go along with, unless I want to learn to code, and I’ve been busy trying not to code since 1976. I am […]
BlogHer: Community v. Corporate Identity
FACTS When I want to know how a company is structured, who owns it, and other basic facts about it, I go to government filings that all corporations have to file. Bloomberg captures the essence of these filings in their research snapshots. This snapshot of SheKnows, LLC is available here. BlogHer is not listed, as it […]
Fighting Ignorance With Ignorance
Basic information on how culture works, respect for knowledge, and understanding of science is sorely missing from today’s world. Even those who purportedly are educated people doing science or creating complex global policies do not understand even the basic concepts of social science. We cannot fight ignorance with ignorance… for oh so many reasons. Social science does […]
Life to Action
Last week I wrote about several topics that touched or connected with my personal life: anthropology/archaeology, 20th century culture change, and women’s economic practices. If I were given to superstitious behavior I would say that I have been given the amazing, sometimes difficult, but always informational rich, experiences I have had in life so that I […]
Divest from Cerberus and Other Manufacturers of Mass Murder
Albertsons, Osco, Bushmaster – what do these corporations have in common? They are all part of the Cerberus Group. That includes the Freedom Group unit that made the Bushmaster Rifle used in Sandy Hook mass murder to slaughter 20 babies and their educational guardians. The Freedom Group, which includes Remington and Marlin Firearms, is one of […]