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All Those Jews!

Posted on March 11, 2019 by admin

I came across an article about how many Jews there are in the world today. Take a guess. It’s about 14.7 million, according to Haaretz. You can expand that to as much as many as 17 million if you include … Continue reading →

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The Sky Is Falling, The Sky is Falling

Posted on January 14, 2022 by admin

“The Sky Is Falling, The Sky is Falling.” Those were the words of Chicken Little, also known as Henny Penny, in a children’s folk tale to illustrate a groundless or absurd conviction that some catastrophic consequence is imminent or underway. … Continue reading →

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Gallows Hill #1 Site Report

Posted on June 25, 2021 by admin

(I have no illusion that anyone will read this report, but I wanted to put it up anyway. It’s my BIG term report for a class I took. I got an A. The professor asked for 12-15 pages; I ended … Continue reading →

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$4 million! Really?

Posted on February 13, 2020 by admin

In my recent guest column (https://www.financialsamurai.com/life-goes-by-quick-money-thoughts-from-a-retiree-with-cancer/) I threw up, almost literally, a figure of $4 million as the amount needed to retire and then went on to apologize for doing so. Such a figure might seem about right for an … Continue reading →

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Allagash Sentimental

Posted on December 19, 2018 by admin

(I’ve been dry on ideas and forced myself to write it. Reminded me of how I feel with scrawny Christmas trees.  I won’t force you to read it, though!) I’m going cut down my Christmas tree today.  I don’t think … Continue reading →

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This Time Really is Different

Posted on November 15, 2018 by admin

(This is a sample of my professional work…ha ha ha….and appeared on Bloomberg in April 2018.) Get Ready For Deeper, Longer Bear Markets in Stocks: David Ader Baby boomers control most of America’s wealth, but have neither the time nor … Continue reading →

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I Spy with My Little Eye…A Career Shift

Posted on May 4, 2022 by admin

Every word of this story is true except those which are not. The year is 1977 and I’m at Tufts pondering whether to major in International Affairs (IR), History, or just Poli Sci. Poli Sci was easier of the two, … Continue reading →

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A Day on the Lake

Posted on July 11, 2021 by admin

Sam pumped and pumped but it was no use.  The ball was dead flat.  He wanted to swim with it as a substitute for the disintegrated styrofoam kickboard, the victim of a summer’s fun for a few too many kids.  … Continue reading →

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No One Wanted To Be A Hero

Posted on January 13, 2021 by admin

No one wanted to be a hero. No one.  Not now, anyway. It was over, pretty much, or would be soon enough. That’s what everyone was saying. That’s what newspapers said and the last one most guys saw was “yesterday’s … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse Now?

Posted on April 2, 2020 by admin

(Before I really begin this, I thought I’d mention something about the title. That, of course, comes from the 1979 movie. Well I saw that movie in Cambridge, Mass, the summer just before my senior year, with Jay Pollard, who … Continue reading →

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