I destroyed the village in order to save it
posted about 1 year ago | 7 comments
Eight months ago, I started an Eons group called Politics With Politesse to provide a venue in which people could discuss politics without the usual mud-wrestling. To succeed, a group like this needs some hard and fast rules: Absolutely no insults...
America needs to get healthy
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
The U.S. has the highest health care costs in the industrialized world, but we aren't getting the best care. A 2007 Commonwealth Fund study compared the U.S. with Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the U.K. The study evaluated access to h...
Is it just me?
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Diabetes. Erectile dysfunction. Aspirin. Pharmacies. Medicare supplements.
These are what the ads on Eons are all about. This is how the advertisers of America see us. I'm surprised they don't sponsor a "Ten Things to Do After You're Dead" secti...
These are what the ads on Eons are all about. This is how the advertisers of America see us. I'm surprised they don't sponsor a "Ten Things to Do After You're Dead" secti...
Have a pork sandwich with your bridge
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Last week's Eons Political Question asked members to identify their top 3 issues for the presidential campaign. It was posted in two groups: the Conservative Action Alert Group and the Politics With Politesse group, which is nondenominational but ...
Political party "loyalty"
posted over 2 years ago, updated 2 days later | 2 comments
I grew up in a family of Goldwater Republicans and European socialists. Needless to say, dinnertime was often a lively event. And every now and then, one family member would listen to another with an opposite viewpoint and actually change his mind...
