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"Baby Boomers (and I confess I am one): prepare to squirm and shake your increasingly arthritic little fists. For here comes essayist Helen Andrews."--Terry Castle With two recessions and a botched pandemic under their belt, the Boomers are their children's favorite punching bag. But is the...

The lost opinions on Culture, Politics, and Society, that some of you want to hear. Welcome to the place on the internet where you can get your dose of counter cultural opinions.

Á comprehensive take on current events from the perspective of a Baby Boomer.

I intend to stir the pot at times, and express opinions on political and social issues. I do not plan on doing an exhaustive amount of research to support everyone of my statements but if you want to challenge where I get something, then do so. I am open to opposing viewpoints so we can all benefit from good sound dialogue. To borrow from one of the YouTube channels I follow, ”Be nice to each other”

Baltimore was the place to be in the 1950s and 1960s, bustling with all the industry and social change about to come. For African Americans, it was a jobs magnet with all the major manufacturers. Those living in Turner Station and Sparrows Point, the company town built to host the Bethlehem Steel Company, had the highest per capita income for African Americans in the nation. Cherry Hill, the only planned community built for African Americans by the Federal Government, lifted many Baltimore Boomers into the middle class. This podcast walks down memory lane through the neighborhoods and good ...