Month: September 2023

By Howard Bloom On Tuesday September 21st, Target announced that it was closing nine stores in four states in October because of a new form of organized crime—smash and grab robberies, flash robberies.   The sort of robberies that hit a Wawa convenience store in Philadelphia on Sunday September 24, when it was invaded by between
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This is a story of the prizes and the prices of fame.   At 8:00 Wednesday morning, September 20th, Donald Trump Jr’s X account proclaimed, “I’m sad to announce, my father Donald Trump has passed away. I will be running for president in 2024.”   Then the account burped out a Tweet about Joe Biden complete with a
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In a story that appeared Wednesday morning, September 14th, The Wall Street Journal exposed a hidden crisis called the silver tsunami.  What’s the silver tsunami?  It’s a tidal wave of homelessness among the elderly.  Senior citizen homelessness today is five times what it was in 1990.    Who are today’s homeless elderly? Baby boomers. A
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By  Howard Bloom One of the world’s most fabled neighborhoods for the rich and famous is Beverly Hills, the home of Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston, Adele, Jack Nicholson, and Eddy Murphy. And in Beverly Hills is one of the most luxurious and expensive shopping areas you have ever seen, Rodeo Drive.  But is the allure
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Don’t Take Away Their Social Media By Howard Bloom The attack on social media just won’t stop.  Three weeks ago, on August 8, the Child Mind Organization updated a report on its website headlined, “Does Social Media Use Cause Depression?”  The answer was basically yes.   Meanwhile, anonymous backers of the Kids Online Safety Act are running
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