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19 articles found.

SUMMARY VIEW  Expanded details within a Category. Click on article title, Category, or a listed Topic

To change sort order or make another search, modify the form above

Citizenship

 1 record found

What Matters More: The White House or Our House? by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(November 6, 2020)
A post-election reflection on the choices we make every day…
Topics: Choices and Decision Making • Government • News • Personal Issues • Values • Voting & Elections



General

 3 records found

We Must Become Children So Our Kids Can Survive by Garrison Keillor


(November 2, 2023)
The classic story: the elders make a desperate choice to spare their children the grief of history and put language and life story behind and become as children themselves in order to start anew…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Character, Integrity • Choices and Decision Making • Contemplation, Insight • Parenting, Parents • Politics • Religion • Trends


Life Matters by James N. Watkins


(January 18, 2020)
From womb to tomb…
Topics: Choices and Decision Making • Compassion • Contemplation, Insight • Courage • Crime, Justice, Punishment • Ethics & Morality • Social Issues


Who's to Blame? by Ken Potts


(October 6, 2019)
Sorry, but sometimes the fault truly is our own…
Topics: Choices and Decision Making • Circumstances, Life Events • Discipline • Financial • Hopes & Dreams • Lifestyle, General • Personal Issues • Planning



Government & Politics

 1 record found

Driven Apart by Stu Johnson


(October 10, 2020)
Where and how you get information matters…
Topics: Choices and Decision Making • COVID-19 • Dysfunctional, Broken • Government • Internet • Media • Politics • Research • Social Issues • Social Unrest, Division • Technology • Values • Voting & Elections



Life Events

 10 records found

Flaoting Down the Canyon Through the Rapids by Garrison Keillor


(February 29, 2024)
I accept change, even some changes that pain me. In that respect, life is not unlike rafting through fhe Grand Canyon with calm pools between the boiling rapids…
Topics: Change • Character, Integrity • Choices and Decision Making • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Humor • Learning • Lifestyle, General • Optimal Aging • Trends


Burying Your One Great Life by Leona Bergstrom


(February 11, 2023)
A scene in the December 2022 movie "Puss in Boots: Last Wish" captures how many Boomers feel as they transition into retirement. Many feel they are burying their identity—their essence—their purpose…
Topics: Change • Choices and Decision Making • Lifestyle, General • Media • Movies • Optimal Aging • Planning • Retirement


Even Old People Need to Explore New Realams by Garrison Keillor


(February 10, 2023)
I do not have a single friend who was looking forward to hearing Taylor Swift and who was furious at Ticketmaster for messing up her tour and watched carefully the congressional hearings into the whole Swiftian crisis. Nobody.…
Topics: Attitudes • Change • Choices and Decision Making • Learning • Optimal Aging • Relationships


Squeezing Good Out of Bad by James N. Watkins


(January 20, 2023)
Yikes! It’s hard to believe that Squeezing Good Out of Bad is sixteen years old…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Attitudes • Choices and Decision Making • Circumstances, Life Events • Coping • Humor • Optimal Aging


October is Coming, Prepare to Be Bold by Garrison Keillor


(September 23, 2022)
October is a month that encourages courage. The languors of summer are finally dispersed and the chill of reality in the air tells you to get to business…
Topics: Choices and Decision Making • Circumstances, Life Events • Opportunity • Seasons


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News & Current Events

 2 records found

Is It a 'Life' or a 'Choice'? by James N. Watkins


(September 3, 2021)
Texas law turns up the heat on a debate that will not die down…
Topics: Advocacy • Beliefs • Choices and Decision Making • Government • History • News • Social Issues • Social Movements • Values


'Sanctity of Life' from womb to tomb by James N. Watkins


(January 22, 2016)
Going beyond today's 'Right to Life' march…
Topics: Choices and Decision Making • Christian Life • Ethics & Morality • News • Social Movements



Relationships

 1 record found

The B-I-B-L-E and LGBTQ by James N. Watkins


(February 16, 2019)
Addressing he issue with truth and grace…
Topics: Bible • Character, Integrity • Choices and Decision Making • God • Jesus • Lifestyle, General • Love • Relationships • Religion • Social Issues • Social Movements • Trends



Work, Employment

 1 record found

What if My Grandchild is Not College Material? by Barbara Greenleaf


(March 19, 2021)
He or she could have a bright future in the real world!…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Choices and Decision Making • Family • Financial • Grandchildren • Relationships • Trends • Work