Are plastic clothes killing the planet?
Are the clothes on our back damaging our environment? Contributing to world hunger? Ending up in landfills? Most of us don't think too...
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Dan Connors
- Nov 7
- 5 min
$150 per vote- why money is ruining elections, and why democracy must prevail.
The 2022 US midterm election, to no one's surprise, will be the most expensive in history. Approximately $16.7 Billion dollars will be...
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Dan Connors
- Oct 30
- 7 min
Lying flat, quiet quitting, and why are Gen Z and Millennials all over the world fed up?
“You are failing us. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you....
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Dan Connors
- Oct 15
- 5 min
Cheaters sometimes prosper- how the chess scandal points to bigger problems
"The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle....
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Dan Connors
- Oct 7
- 4 min
The Rapture- Evangelical escape hatch from climate change?
"The future depends on what you do today." Mahatma Gandhi Wouldn't it be great if there were no consequences in the end for our actions?...
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Dan Connors
- Oct 5
- 4 min
QR CODES- Tiny squares and dots that want to take over the world.
When you look at a QR code, it looks like a random assortments of black and white squares and dots. Devoid of meaning. But when a...
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Dan Connors
- Oct 3
- 4 min
The flow state- finding joy by losing your ego
"Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought...
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Dan Connors
- Sep 22
- 4 min
Black women are having a moment. And it's about damn time.
For a good part of my early life, black women were invisible to me. Occasionally I would see famous singers like Diana Ross, Whitney...
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Dan Connors
- Sep 21
- 8 min
Five US monuments to stir your soul and the stories behind them.
There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of different monuments in the world. Some commemorate famous people, famous events, or tragic wars....
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Dan Connors
- Sep 16
- 4 min
Reunions- get ready to cry happy tears!
Reunions of loved ones brings out the best in people. When we separate from each other, sometimes we regret nothing, but often we miss...
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Dan Connors
- Sep 13
- 5 min
Steven Colbert behind the scenes
I recently crossed another item off my bucket list by attending a live taping of a national network television show, and it did not...
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Dan Connors
- Sep 11
- 5 min
Reflections on 9/11 from the museum
Those of us who lived through 9/11 will never forget it. The news of four separate airplanes being hijacked and flown purposely into our...
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Dan Connors
- Sep 10
- 6 min
Harry Potter cancelled? The play that survived its creator's banishment
I recently went to New York City and saw the new play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, along with the large Harry Potter shop on 23rd...
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Dan Connors
- Aug 24
- 6 min
Choose or Die- why our choices make us more alive
"Life is about choices, and every choice you make, makes you" John Maxwell “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far...
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Dan Connors
- Jul 18
- 3 min
The Webb Telescope and three reasons for awe, wonder, and hope
Sifting through the depressing fire hose that is today's news cycle, once in a while you come up with a gem that makes it all seem...
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Dan Connors
- Jul 6
- 4 min
Covid positive
Like most people, I spent most of 2020 hiding from the Covid virus. This virus was the deadliest thing to emerge in my lifetime, and...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 28
- 4 min
Snitching on Side Hustles in 2022
This article from my tax blog at Buengeraccounting.com Very few people are aware of the relatively new tax form 1099-K. It was developed...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 21
- 4 min
Does love live on, after death?
“Love doesn’t die with death. Love is like liquid; when it pours out, it seeps into others’ lives. Love changes form and shape. Love gets...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 13
- 3 min
Windfalls- the pitfalls and opportunities of unexpected money.
One third of lottery winners file for bankruptcy after blowing their winnings, ending up in even worse financial shape than before. ...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 6
- 7 min
Adventures in Retail- Pandemic edition
Retail has played a significant place in my and many other lives. Over 10 million people work in the retail field helping customers in...
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