Demographics: Social Security’s full benefits retirement age is 70
Interesting discussion – most people think “retirement” is somewhere from age 62 to 68 and few would say age 70. But the author makes a good point here: Social Security’s…
International: “London Bridge is down.”
Source: Queen Elizabeth II has died – BBC News
Part 3 – Population Demographics: Honey, I shrunk the U.S. population
The U.S. fertility rate today is 1.78. A rate of 2.1 is needed to maintain the population at its current size. The U.S. population continues to grow because of immigration.…
This is America – Happy Independence Day
This, below, is America, not the constant drumbeat of horrible, terrible scary news trumpeted by the media as they seek to divide us and tear us down rather than build…
Safety Culture
I was recently in another western country and noticed the lack of “safety culture” there. After my return, I saw other U.S. citizens who had moved to that country also…
Generation Jones: Born 1955–1964
Good summary: Why People Born 1955–1964 Aren’t Baby Boomers | by Nichola Scurry | Atta Girl | Medium “Baby boom” was defined as 1946 through 1964. Those dates were picked…
Journalists fret over saving for retirement
Newer research suggests many of us with decent incomes "over saved" for future retirement options that may never happen. I am one of those people. For example, 93% of those…
World bows to global elite: Rotterdam to temporarily dismantle historic bridge so Jeff Bezo’s yacht can fit through
The global elite get everything and ignore all rules: A massive steel bridge in Rotterdam is to be partly demolished so that the pleasure yacht being built for Amazon founder…
New blog: Travel and Global Thinking
I started a new blog on travel topics – the layout, appearance and content is very different from this blog. You can check it out here: Travel and Global Thinking…
Minimalism is Dead
3 to 5 years back, or so, there was peak interest in “minimalism”. Not only is “minimalism” dead but it seems to have been replaced by “maximalism“! Amusingly, it also…
Iceland announces “The IcelandVerse”
It’s like a world where everything is surprisingly real 🙂 Saw this last night and had me laughing out loud, rolling with laughter. I already follow several Iceland YT channels,…
Muriel Lezak, brain injury expert who helped establish the field of neuropsychology, passed away at age 94
Source: Muriel Lezak, Portland’s pioneering neuropsychologist and brain-injury expert, dies at 94 – oregonlive.com Having dealt with a 5″ skull fracture, and multiple additional knock out blows that in two…
About Half of millennials meet definition of “Super Savers”
Principal defines these Super Savers as people saving either 90% of the maximum in their retirement plan — such as a 401(k)–or at least 15% of their income. According to…
“Flight shaming”: Global travel should be banned.
Saving the planet requires that we stop gaping and gawking at travel blogs and vacation selfies. Instead, everyone who cares about the environment should shame those who clamber onto an…
‘HOAs are basically neighborhood tyranny systems’
True: ‘HOAs are basically neighborhood tyranny systems’ — why people are blasting homeowner’s associations on Twitter – MarketWatch I have only had one home that fell within an HOA. The…