THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS ages 65 and older is projected to increase from 58 million in 2022 to 82 million by 2050, and their share of the total population is projected to rise from 17% to 23%. At the same time, the U.S. birth rate dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with fewer than 1.6 children being born per ... Continue Reading
AI… For The Rest of Us
First of all, couldn’t they have come up with a better way to identify it? AI? Looks just like Al. One stands for Artificial Intelligence. The other is a guy’s name. So right out of the gate, I’m confused. And it’s not really artificial… anymore. It’s for real, for sure. What started out as a ... Continue Reading
Villa Gone for Good • Mahaney Speaks • The E-bike Dilemma
The Undeniable End Everything has a life span. Living organisms, and even inanimate objects, have an expiration date. There’s a beginning, a middle, and an end. In that order. Some time ago, as I was being released from an assignment, the guy doing the releasing told me, “Nothing ever ends well.” Was that supposed ... Continue Reading
I Hope You Dance
“I hope you dance.” Those aren’t my words, and they certainly aren’t words that have ever been directed at me. They’re words from Lee Ann Womack’s song of the same name. ‘I Hope You Dance,’ released in 2000, isn’t really about dancing. It’s more about life and taking chances and walking through open doors ... Continue Reading
A Rabbit Hole of Introspection • It’s Not My Birth Day
IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME… heaven forbid… and you added up all the time you’ve wasted on Facebook, up to and including today, you’d be ashamed to realize you could have spent that inordinate amount of time doing something much more productive… like eating, or watching TV. Thankfully, I’ve conditioned myself to ... Continue Reading
The Other Road • A Train in Skandia
Not That Road... The Other Road You’ve probably heard the phrase, “going up the road” before. I’ve used it here to reference things happening west of Marquette, to the higher elevations of Negaunee, Ishpeming, and beyond. Today, we’re going up the “other” road… the one that leads to Big Bay. There may not be a ... Continue Reading
Happy, And Not So Happy, Anniversaries
Anniversaries, like birthdays, are typically cause for celebration. For example, if you’ve been married for fifty years, you’ve earned some recognition. Similarly, if you’ve been alive for 100 years, a party is in order. It probably won't be a wild party, but it'll be a party, nonetheless. But not all ... Continue Reading
Good Schools… At What Cost?
Most people… not all, but most people would agree that good schools are important, not only to our local communities, but to our society at large. In fact, not long after the birth of our nation, our leaders began the process of what would become public education… available to all. According to the Center on ... Continue Reading
A Meeting Menagerie
10am - Wednesday morning WITH SOME CHANGES NEEDING to be made to my banged up fantasy football team, I thought I’d use the down time at Wednesday morning’s City Manager Community Office Hours to do some research. The two-hour session, held at the library, occasionally offers stretches of quiet, with no guests at ... Continue Reading
The End Doesn’t Have To Be Near
A WISE MAN ONCE said, “Nothing ever ends well.” Okay, maybe not so wise… it was me. And even though I may have plagiarized the comment, I did say it. Regardless of who said it first, in most cases, it’s true. The fact is, if things are going well, they usually don’t end. In this age of Facebook, Instagram, ... Continue Reading
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