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Posted by on Dec 30, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Predicting the Future (2025 to 2050)

 

 

PREDICTING THE FUTURE

In 1999, a vast cross-section of Americans were asked to predict the future. Nearly a thousand who were surveyed revealed what they thought the USA and the rest of the world would be like in the year 2025. Now (actually 26 years later), it’s time for a final grade and the report card. How did they do on their predictions?

We may not realize how much our lives changed in the last quarter century. Back in 1999, the internet was just taking off as a source of information and communication. Smartphones had not yet been invented. Artificial Intelligence (AI) was something robotic in a lab. No one had ever heard of COVID. Donald Trump was only on his second wife–and third bankruptcy. 9-11-01 and 1-6-21 were just numbers. Boston Red Sox still hadn’t won a World Series in 87 years. The Chicago Cubs last championship was 92 years ago. How much did they get right, and where were they wrong?

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Posted by on Sep 16, 2025 in Blog | 1 comment

Robert Redford

 

 

ROBERT REDFORD

What a life……adventurous, insightful, inspiring, unpretentious, and purposeful.

Like so many, I grew up with Robert Redford films — both which he starred in and directed. It would be hard to pick a favorite, especially considering the indelible impact on movies and culture left by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were, The Sting, Jeremiah Johnson, The Candidate, All the President’s Men, Ordinary People, and so many others.

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Posted by on Aug 15, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Review: “Live Aid” Documentary on CNN

 

 

REVIEW: “LIVE AID” DOCUMENTARY (ON CNN)

If you’re 50+ (born in 1975, or earlier), you remember LIVE AID. Now, organizer/musician/activist Bob Geldof reveals the stories behind all the music, the mayhem, the madness, and the noble effort to do something and try and make a difference

Last month (July 2025) marked the 40th anniversary of the most grandiose spectacle in popular music history. In 1985, “LIVE AID,” a mega-rock concert played simultaneously across two continents and attracted the most stellar lineup of acts ever, tried to focus our attention on a faraway forgotten place with forgotten people amidst a mega-materialistic world obsessed with wealth and status. That LIVE AID took place at all in the “greed is good” eighties remains a peculiar twisted irony. Recently, CNN Entertainment wrapped up its documentary of Live Aid: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took On the World, which reveals much of what happened offstage and when the mics were turned off — before, during, and after the duel rock concerts were held in London (UK) and Philadelphia (USA).

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Posted by on Jan 18, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Grading the Biden Presidency (Foreign Affairs)

 

 

GRADING THE BIDEN PRESIDENCY:
FOREIGN POLICY

This topic deserves multiple subcategories. However, in the interest of time and space, I must make generalizations, Admittedly, what I’m about to write will be woefully incomplete.

Different grades should be given to various global regions and distinctive periods on the four-year Biden Administration timeline.

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Posted by on Jan 16, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Grading the Biden Presidency (Environmental Issues)

 

 

GRADING THE BIDEN PRESIDENCY:
THE ENVIRONMENT

President Biden and his staff have a remarkable record of environmental success.

They navigated an obstructive and often hostile political landscape dominated by extremists and overcame a gauntlet of disinformation by opponents. Much of the work done behind the scenes didn’t make headlines, but demonstrated compromise and leadership.

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