By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC Date Published: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 “The American Dream is Dead” … These were the words of one newscaster this past week. I could not believe my ears when I heard this “conservative” newsman say these words. “The …
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Use cash when you can
By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC Date Published: Friday, October 13, 2023 This may come as a surprise to you: It surprised me when I first read it and I worked for 42 years in the financial services industry. Lately, there has been a huge push for consumers to use plastic – or phones – …
Service and Fast Food
By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC -- Date Published: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Back in the late 1950s and during the 1960s when fast food restaurants were just taking hold in America … the king of fast food was McDonald's. Back then, this was truly a fast-food restaurant. In addition, the “Customer Service” was superior. …
American Education
By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC Date Published: Wednesday, September 21, 2023 Education in America has many strengths – but it also has many weaknesses. On the one hand, the US has some of the best universities in the world. My daughter and son-in-law teach at one of them. University students in the US have …
Work from home – or not?
By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC Date Published: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 Working from home has advantages and disadvantages for both employers and employees. The purpose of this article is to delve deeper into both from both perspectives. Where did it all start? For many in the workforce today it started with the so-called “Covid …
Cyber-attacks in America
By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC Date Published: Monday, September 18, 2023 I was awakened last Tuesday to the fact that there are many cyber-attacks in this country and relatively nothing is being done about it. The number of attacks are growing daily. I got a call from my Visa Card provider asking me about …
Are we putting the cart before the horse?
By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC Date Published: September 13, 2023 As I think about the big push for electric vehicles in America and around the world by our country's administration and climate activists; I have to ask if we are not putting the cart before the horse in building electric vehicles before we have …
Mandatory Retirement for Congress
By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC Date Published: September 7, 2023 Did you know … There are some occupations in the country that have mandatory retirement ages? For example, the following are some occupations with mandatory retirement ages in America: Airline pilots: 65 years old Air traffic controllers: 56 years old Firefighters: 57 years old, …
Why I worry about Highway Infrastructure in the good ole USA
By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC Date Published: Thursday, August 31, 2023 The Eisenhower Interstate System took 35 years to complete. The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, which authorized the construction of the system, was signed into law by President Eisenhower on June 29, 1956. The last section of the system was completed in 1991. …
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Isn’t this Child Abuse?
By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC Date Published: July 30, 2023 Parents are stripped of their own children! Yes, I am still on the Child Abuse kick. I am sick and tired of parents being stripped of their own flesh and blood for trying to simply discipline their children and bring them up right. I’ve …