When that collection of sounds issued from our pale bronze commander-in-chief’s face portal and by way of gaseous molecules, delivered their message into my unsuspecting ear canal, I was quickened with great purpose and determination.  What, according to our demagogue chief executive, makes an age golden? Will it be golden for everyone? I determined right then and there that I would be an outspoken critic of this claim; that I would review life in this “golden age” much the same as one might critique that new film or that new Indian restaurant.

What qualifies me to do this?

Well, if nothing else, because it’s the internet! Beyond that, I’m a bona fide news junky with a background in sociology and public education. A bit about me – I’m a 40 something (GO GEN X!) white male who identifies as he/him. I grew up in Central and northeastern Oklahoma where I went to college – Oklahoma State class of ’04 – GO POKES!

I got married about the time I graduated, then we set out for the green hills of north Texas. She took a job as a teacher while I pursued a Ph.D. in sociology at The University of North Texas.

In brief, there was a daughter, a brain hemorrhage, a divorce, and several jobs in the interim. But that is different story altogether, I had to beat them to dea…

…I digress…I am no Del Preston