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  The most enduring legacy of COVID may be how governments around the world used it as cover to undermine freedom, subvert the flow of information and establish ways of avoiding accountability that will outlast the pandemic itself. The United States federal government tried to flood the zone with questionable theories about how to deal … Continue reading EP 575 The Pandemic Brought on Government Lies and Censorship →

The future solvency of Social Security hangs in the balance by decisions that lawmakers in Washington will have to make over the next decade.  While many of us might think that Social Security’s solvency is fungible–just move some pots around–that’s not how the system was set up.  It’s pay as you go using only funds … Continue reading EP 574 Can Congress Save Social Security? →

There is a trend in modern day America as older Americans leave their careers but prepare for another phase of life which will involve purpose, passion and, often, working in some capacity.  Our guest, Chris Farrell, saw the trend of unretirement coming some years back when he wrote a book of the same name.  Today, … Continue reading EP 573 The Older Set Vital to Nation’s Economy →

Ken Dychtwald, the founder of Age Wave, is a force of nature who through his writings and talks has changed America’s way of looking at aging.  In this podcast, he employs his remarkable communication skills to frame the issues of aging in a new light and delivers results from a new study regarding changing retirement … Continue reading EP 572 The Guru of Better Living In Our Later Passage With New Information and Motivation →

In the United States we are used to single-member districts for our House of Representatives. These are winner take all style elections. This approach seems so natural to us. You lose by one vote and you’re gone. A proportional representative approach, which is practiced in most democracies, involves larger multi-member districts and a division of … Continue reading EP 571 Is Proportional Representation The Answer to Our Gridlock? →

The field of public relations has been most simply described as ‘doing good and communicating it’. Even in days when newspapers, television and radio were the prime sources of information, a skilled public relations practitioner would have to work hard for placement, by having a great understanding as to what the media outlet was looking … Continue reading EP 570 The Art of Being Heard in a Noisy World →