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Meet The Blogger
Marianne Goss
A retired university publications editor and journalist, I live in the South Loop and volunteer as a Chicago Greeter. Getting the most out of retired life in the big city will be a recurrent theme of this blog, but I consider any topic fair game because the perspective will be that of a retiree.
Recent posts
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The birthday of our undemocratic democracy »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted Monday at 8:34 am -
The importance of protein to start the day »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted June 27, 2022 at 12:28 pm -
Grumble and then move on »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted June 20, 2022 at 8:11 am -
More affordable hearing aids coming »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted June 13, 2022 at 8:51 am -
Viewing Atticus through today’s eyes »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted June 6, 2022 at 8:54 am
Recent Comments
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Turns out I was right. Page 5 of July 5 Tribune has a picture of Crimo at a Trump march…
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Speaking of mob rule, Chef Boy RD (remember that?) what about January 6th? Oh, I forgot, you Trumpies say that…
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I'll start with a more humorous example. There's a Larry David commercial for some digital currency exchange where John Hancock…
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I will refer you to https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/were-a-republic-not-a-democracy-heres-whats-so-undemocratic-about-this-gop-talking-point-john-l-micek/ for an answer.
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We in the United States live in a representative republic, not a democracy. There is a difference. The former means…
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