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Halloween: Will the real trick-or-treat be Nov. 8?
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Halloween is coming but the real trick or treat may be Nov. 8, the midterm election. Nov. 8 may feel more like Halloween this year than the traditional October date. Who knows what will happen? Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania all have Senate races that could tilt the balance of Congressional power…
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Pay into Social Security now for later
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE You won’t get rich collecting Social Security, not even close. However, you don’t want to mess it up, either. The system was never intended to be your total retirement income, but to many, it’s their only source of retirement income. You don’t want to make it your only source of income…
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Make this next season of life a great one
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Enjoyable weather is coming soon. For many parts of the country, September through November offers many pleasant days. Don’t waste them by spending all your time staring at the television or Facebook. You still have some life to live. Spending four or five hours a day watching what everyone else is…
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Biden proves many Americans are dummies
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE If you worked hard for a scholarship, paid your way through school, paid back loans or your family sacrificed for you to go to school, President Biden has shown that you were a big dummy. Don’t knock yourself out. Just sit back and the government will throw you some crumbs to…
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Do what you enjoy while you can
BY GLENN MOLLETTE Life and the world are always changing. What you can do today is not guaranteed for tomorrow. Do what you enjoy while you can. None of us want to face every day filled with fear. Worry about tomorrow only messes up today. Watching the news keeps our minds churning about what will happen…
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Uncommon Sense: Your new normal and resetting your life
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE People who have lost their houses and cars and everything they’ve worked for all their lives may feel like giving up. Some do. After 30 or 40 years they don’t feel like they have it within them to rebuild and try again. Some have no choice but to live the life…
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Uncommon Sense: Losing everything — what or who is important?
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE What or who is important to you? The recent devastating flood in eastern Kentucky reminds us all that life can be swept away in a moment. Hundreds of families lost everything. One family lost their house and everything in it but lost their family – four children ages less than two…
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Uncommon Sense: Donald Trump: Rejection is painful and can create lifelong embarrassment
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Rejection can be difficult to handle. Perhaps an employer once said, “You no longer have a job here.” To be dismissed from your job would be painful, especially if you loved your job and wanted to stay. Imagine a spouse or a boyfriend/girlfriend saying, “I don’t want to be with you…
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Uncommon Sense: Airline travel woes, flying is frustrating
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Airline travelers have experienced frustration since the 2021 holidays, as covered by national news. Travel delays and even trip cancellations have been aggravating experiences for travelers. If you only have a weekend and your trip includes a flight Friday and a return flight Sunday, you are chancing a lost weekend. Being…
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Uncommon Sense: Mental illness erupts into pure hell in Allen, Kentucky
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Allen, Kentucky, is a place that holds fond memories for me. When I was only 16 years old, Allen Baptist Church invited me to speak for a weekend youth event. I had the opportunity to meet and work with over a hundred people from the Allen community. Lasting friendships were made…