AMERICA’S HEALTH CARE CRISIS: NEW REMEDY FOR PASSING THE BUCK

Blog #5 AMERICA’S HEALTH CARE BATTLE: NEW REMEDY FOR PASSING THE BUCK**with apologies to Harry S. Truman The call came in somewhere around midnight. My old college roommate, Chip Offderoldenblock, sounded frantic. Seems Chip had continued to make good faith payments toward his latest “pharmacy dispensing fees” — had even gone so far as to […]

AMERICA’S NEW PATH TO EARLY RETIREMENT

Blog #4 AMERICA’S NEW PATH TO EARLY RETIREMENT**with apologies to Ben Franklin “Hey, hey, hey. You’re HERE. ALL RIGHT. That’s mighty, mighty COOL, my man.” The young man in the charcoal Brooks Brothers suit escorted me over to the bean bag chair situated behind his glass top desk, and motioned for me to take a […]

AMERICA’S NEW INSTITUTE FOR CULTIVATING RUDENESS

Blog #3 AMERICA’S NEW INSTITUTE FOR CULTIVATING RUDENESS**with apologies to Emily Post I stood at the foot of the non-descript brownstone before me, feeling a bit non-plussed. Only a week earlier, I had received a mysterious phone call inviting me to fly across the country to come in and consult for the A.A.R.P. Since the […]

AMERICA’S RETREAT FROM EXCELLENCE

Blog #2 AMERICA’S RETREAT FROM EXCELLENCE* *with apologies to Thomas Jefferson As I stood in the elevator approaching the fourteenth floor, I could sense that something wasn’t right. The prestigious executive recruiting firm of Hickley, Hartley, & Hoolihan had summoned me to its offices, hoping that I could help to improve its bottom line. The […]

Common Cent For The 21st Century

Blog #1 COMMON CENT$ FOR THE 21st CENTURY*with apologies to Thomas Paine Recently, thanks to the stalled American economy, the United States Congress voted to close yet another U.S. military base — in this case, Ft. Knox. Not satisfied with making these cost cuts alone, Congress further decided that all of the troops that had been […]