One famous saying about the 60’s is, “If you remember the 60’s, you didn’t live through them.” What was so special about the 60’s? Well, for one, it is when America started to really dramatically change as a country. What kind of changes?

This morning, and on a half dozen other days, we saw several hundred small boats moored just off-shore near out house. They were, obviously, fishing. The boats appeared to be everything from kayaks to boats perhaps about 40 feet in length.

It was Mark Cuban (famous for his billion-dollar wealth and success as Dallas Mavericks basketball team entrepreneur and owner) who said that in the near future automation will eliminate upwards of ten million middle class jobs. He went on to say that these jobs won't be replaced.

This column will firmly establish me as a curmudgeon. Why? Because I’m going to complain about all the labor saving devices we have in and around our homes.

Linda Ronstadt was admitted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 – about 20 years after she was eligible.

Frankly, to me, this was an outrage. I think she should have been admitted in her first year of eligibility.

Having lived on the West Coast for 14 years this month, I got to thinking about the mind set of being a “left coaster” versus being a “right coaster.” And there is a difference in mind set.

I’m certain I’m not the first one to write about this.

Nancy Pelosi recently introduced legislation suggesting spending upwards of $3 trillion in a third round of public spending to support our sagging economy. That would bring our deficit spending to more than $4 trillion for the year.

As long as the present economic conditions persist, the “cost” of our government supporting this debt is modest.

Okay, the past week or so the stock market has returned from about 35% down to just about 17% down. So clearly the stock market (which is never wrong!) knows something that perhaps we don’t.