Donald Wittmer

DONALD WITTMER was a retired business executive who held key roles in the automotive and banking sectors. For a time, he also served as Fiscal Agency Manager for the Detroit branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He received his undergraduate degree from Cincinnati's Xavier University, an M.A. in business management from Central Michigan University, and earned certification in bank operations from the School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A devout Catholic and family man, Mr. Wittmer passed into eternity on September 16, 2021. May God rest his soul.

The Telephone: Not What It Used to Be

Seniors are the target of multiple scams today and the telephone seems to be the preferred method of delivery.  However, everyone should be aware that the telephone is not what it used to be and can be manipulated very easily. You get a call; the...

Charge It

The National debt clock moves so fast that it is impossible to write down the balance accurately at any given time. It rolls along at about $45.00 per second and is now at $22,028,706,063,174.96 (that’s trillion dollars). As much as this...

The Big Social Security Dilemma

The Internet is overflowing with articles by financial gurus that tell you to take Social Security early or be wise and take it at age 70 when you will get the best and highest monthly return. The majority are wrong for a number of reasons. Social...

The Church and the News Cycle—Must Change

Each day, the headlines tell it all: The Catholic Church Needs a New Doctrine of Scandal  (Religion News) Sex Scandal was Catholic Church’s 9/11 (New York Post) Priest Sexual Abuse: Why the Catholic Church Continues to Struggle with Sexual...

Here We Go Again: Another Continuing Resolution

If you seriously think that the government will shut down for any extended period of time and the result would be a balanced budget or a more reasonable approach to our spending situation, then I want to tell you that Santa Claus is not coming down...

Thoughts regarding “Turkey” and “Gift” Days

Do we really still want to call it Christmas?  Thanksgiving is now “Turkey Day” and has almost no relation anymore to the early pilgrims eating with the Indians. A recent proposal by the retail industry is that we move Thanksgiving back a day to...

The U.S. Border Disaster

Whomever set this quote “caravan” up should be held criminally accountable and legally responsible for the sickness, death, and economic chaos that will follow. No one doubts the violence and poverty that these ill-prepared and ill-equipped migrants...

Might TV Violence Lead Us to Violence?

We are shocked when violent acts occur in our schools and churches and rightfully so, but at the same time our children and even many adults watch violence on television as a matter of course every day. A surgeon’s general report concluded that 61%...