Category Archives: Opinion
Setting the Record Straight
I want to provide some clarification about my recent healthcare related posts. I worry that in my attempt to tell the stories with a bit of humor, I may have been overly broad with the tar, as it were. In … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Customer Service, Opinion
Tagged Congress, First Responders, health insurance, healthcare, medical profession
73 Comments
What Happened to Our Independence?
Tomorrow is Independence Day here in the United States. Free from the tyranny of British rule, that’s us for almost 250 years. It’s always a happy time, never more so than in 1976, when a few of my friends and … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Rant
Tagged 4th of July, bias, critical thinking, Independence, News, physics, polarization
118 Comments
Tall Shots and a Short Stack
If we were having a beer, you would be in an unusually good mood. “Cheryl, let’s have a glass of wine, a Yuengling and a frosty glass for my dapper young friend.” “I’m all for you opening a tab, but … Continue reading
Human Day
I was going to write about marketing today. I love to pick on marketers, or perhaps that should be marketeers. I always have to acknowledge that our daughter is a marketer, but she’s a good one. Like my friend Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Opinion, Perspective
Tagged CFL, Compact Florescent Lamps, Earth Day, fertilizer, Home Depot, Humans, Lawn Care, Marketing, pesticide
66 Comments
It Takes a Weekend to Return to Normal
Weekends are important part of life. At least they are while you’re working. I don’t know if I’ll still appreciate weekends after I retire. I hope so, but I wonder if I’ll start doing weekend things during the week so … Continue reading
Posted in Family, New England Life, Opinion
Tagged As Schools Match Wits, Baseball, football, Pirates, sports, Tunxis Grill, Twilight Zone, weekend
69 Comments
Darkness is a State of Mind
I’ve written in the past about the degree to which I dislike Daylight Saving Time. I think it’s a dumb idea. It doesn’t surprise me that politicians keep it alive, because retail and recreation industries of all sorts like it. … Continue reading
Posted in Connecticut, Opinion, Rant
Tagged CT River, Daylight Saving, DST, Great River Park, politicians, River, sunrise
78 Comments
Goodbye Sears
The word is out, our Sears store is among the 150 stores being closed as the department store financial institution holding company orphaned co-brand of K-mart Big-K, makes it easier for the corporate pallbearers to shovel it into the retail … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgia, Opinion, Shopping
Tagged amazon, Blues Brothers, closing, Craftsman Tools, Diehard, Mall, retail, Sears
85 Comments
