Bernie Hughes
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How old do you have to be to realistically or authentically give advice to those retired or facing retirement? I thought that being 91 would suffice for me, so I’m...
A Superior friend who isn’t a union supporter gave me an article to read that blamed unions for public schools in already well-funded districts for not receiving money for private...
Haven’t you thought about that too? We spend so much time and money preparing for wars. We claim that it is for our defense, but one has to wonder when...
Maybe it is old educators who save beaucoup stuff. At least this old duffer did. I started teaching in 1947, secondary for six years, superintendent for 13, and retired from...
Death should be discussed. Some of you are probably saying "not now" and will quit reading. If not, everyone comes face-to-face with death. When a loved one dies or nears...
Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be. Most of us in the aging bracket have heard that line, originally by poet Robert Browning. In our younger...
Conservatives complain about welfare for the poorest Americans. Why don’t the needy work like most successful citizens are? These critics don’t seem to see the vast differences in opportunities that...
My get-up-and-go has got up and went. I’ve spent too much time of late trying to figure out why. Most obvious, I’m not a kid anymore, but this feeling is...
For those who have lived long enough to be interested in reading what is often called the Aging Column, they are lucky. It may be that somewhere, somehow and someplace...
Will there ever be an end to war? In my lifetime, I can only justify one war, World War II. Having served in the U.S. Army then is not my...