This is the time of the year football, soccer, tennis, cross country and, of course, baseball are happening around us. In the course of those events we hear much of substitutions being made in certain situations where a person best suited is made for a particular goal to be accomplished.
I caught myself cursing at a zucchini the other day. In fairness, the zucchini had not really done anything wrong. It slid off the counter when I was trying to slice it up. My instant rage is a powerful symptom of the stress and depression this COVID crisis creates.
On Social Security’s 85th birthday, many older Wisconsinites find themselves deferring retirement or coming to grips with unexpected unemployment. As we grapple with the abrupt changes brought on by coronavirus, it is clear we must maintain Social Security’s hard-earned benefit for millions of older Americans and their families.
“Unless we do this together, we’re not going to get this under control,” warns Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
At this trying time, now we have another issue to deal with, the November elections. If I vote absentee, will my ballot get there in time to be counted? And with the attacks on our wonderful Postal Service, these worries and concerns are very legitimate.
What would my town be without a newspaper? If you haven’t asked yourself that question, perhaps it is time to consider just what the newspaper means to this community.
In a scene from the movie “A Few Good Men,” the character played by Tom Cruise spars with Jack Nicholson’s Colonel Jessup over a hazing that killed a soldier. Cruise demands, “I want the truth!,” to which Nicholson famously responds, “You can’t handle the truth!”
Throughout our lives, all of us experience many interdependent relationships one of which is learning to rely upon one another. We can begin at the very earliest age and see the dependence of children upon their parents or some other adult. From childhood on throughout life we have this need of dependence.
