by Donald Jeffries, “I Protest” :

Dysfunction and propaganda building an ugly “new normal”

Note- this article was originally published last year on my blog- donaldjeffries.wordpress.com. I think it has become even more relevant. There are a lot of archived articles there that subscribers here may be interested in.

Polls tell us that 27 percent of Americans aged 60 or older live by themselves, more than anywhere else in the world. Older people in other countries, on the other hand, most often live with an extended family, as was once common here. Even older married couples tend to live without anyone else; more childless married couples, or those without children at home, live in the United States than the rest of the world. We’re number one! USA! USA!