In an article, Are Americans Too Old?, Joshua Rothman says “The country’s fate and character are being determined not by forward-looking people in their youth or their prime but by backward-looking ones in the final third of their lives…There is ample evidence that older people favor policies that emphasize security for themselves over investment in the young.”
The cats have an answer to the problem.
Here’s a different perspective on the fact that women are not having enough children to keep the population stable.
Many countries have below replacement birth rates. Which means that their populations will decline over the long term. This will cause problems.
What is it with the U.S. and Iran? This has been going on for years!
It’s oh so easy to get defensive when we feel we are being criticized. But it’s oh so much better to think of it as feedback we can learn from.
Yes I know it’s difficult. But everyone wants to feel heard, and making people feel they are right is one of the best ways to make them feel heard.
Tax Day could reasonably be renamed Lobbyist Day.
Here’s an article about America’s insane tax-filing process. And here’s an article about how doing taxes in the U.S. is notoriously complicated and costly The dialog about paying taxes comes from this NPR conversation.
It’s Easter and the cats thought this would be an appropriate post since it’s about Jesus.
Should we be saying God Bless America or God Save America?
Jesus said: “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
In the modern world we might say that no one can serve both wealth and democracy.
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