Richard's Pretension

I’m not a collector of antiques. I have some, but none was acquired intentionally. They just came my way because they have family history of...

The equinox rapidly approaches and the usual destinations are bracing for this year’s influx of college spring breakers. They notoriously pa...

In generations prior to the Boomers about 10% of the population over the age of 65 had no biological offspring. For Boomers the portion is c...

It is that time of year. Next month we must pony up taxes, so now is the moment to assemble our documentation. To some degree it is always t...

One of my recent reads was Scars of Independence: America’s Violent Birth by Holger Hoock. The focus of most histories of the War of Indepen...

A question left hanging last time was how adult Boomerang kids – adults who had been on their own but who move back home for indefinite peri...

A meme one still sees pop up on social media states that in the US an unprecedented 52% of adult children under age 35 are living with one o...