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by Michael Parise | May 29, 2012
Though the numbers are not as enormous as in WW II or the height of the Vietnam War, we’ve had a substantial population of our young people exposed to the trauma of battle in foreign lands in the past twenty years. Some have not had to see combat, but many have, and...
by Michael Parise | May 22, 2012
A lot of parents have welcomed their adult children back home. This is not always a joyous moment for some parents. Friends of mine, Jim and Liz, have a son, now 22, who is extremely bright but who found college unstimulating. He was dismissed for not showing up...
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by Michael Parise | May 18, 2012
Many of us baby boomers grew up with the belief that life would not change a whole lot, once basic decisions about career, marriage, and family were made sometime our twenties. Looking back that notion of stability seems utterly ridiculous. We were, of course,...
by Michael Parise | May 17, 2012
I find that men often approach dating as a dreaded opportunity to be shamed into oblivion. Aside from those guys who seem to ooze self-confidence and project themselves as genuine gifts to society, the rest of us quake in our boots when having to approach a man or...
by Michael Parise | May 14, 2012
Last night I took the Orange Line to Boston from Malden. It was about 6:00 PM and the train was unusually full. Then I saw how many of the riders had green Boston Celtics jerseys on…and behold, a large number of Red Sox shirts and caps also materialized. Basketball...
