Category Archives: Politics

I have a dream… And in my dream, in a town somewhere, in a High School like most any other, it is early in the morning on the first day of the school year… All of the schools’ students and staff are gathered in a darkened gymnasium and the mood is that of a pepContinue reading “I have a dream…”

I felt the same way last evening watching Clint Eastwood at the Republican National Convention as I did the last time I saw Frank Sinatra in concert. Old Blue Eyes was forgetting the order of the show, he was forgetting his words… it was a mess. There were moments of grace, greatness and brilliance, butContinue reading “They just weren’t thinking and now too many of us will remember him that way…”

Over the past few days, weeks and months, as I’ve been listening to our political discourse spin, bend, distort and even fabricate daily soundbites used by each party to beat each other about the head and shoulders, I have come to know that the absolute official language of these United States of America is mostContinue reading ““Authentic Frontier Gibberish””

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. – Albert Einstein So, where did all that fear and hate come from?  For a nation of “good, God-fearing people,” we have certainly become prolific when it comesContinue reading “To Form a More Perfect Union”

Very few people view the news media today as a means by which they may become better informed. Because so many various media outlets have become so clearly biased one way or another, most people just prefer now to seek out those media/news sources that support their already formed (or malformed) perspective, beliefs and presuppositions.Continue reading “News or Views”

My son Ben had to have some blood work done in September.  We went and spent a couple hours as they fed him a sugary drink and then checked his blood levels three time to determine how his body dealt with it.  He did fine, thank God… Today I got the bill.  The total wasContinue reading “Of course we do not need Healthcare reform…”

“When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains–however improbable–must be the truth.” –Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  It occured to me last evening that the recent and entirely unprecidented low level in our civil discourse must have its roots in something that is itself entirely unique and unprecidented.  Of course, we have seen partisan bickering and remarkableContinue reading “When you eliminate the impossible…”

Why has it become so much easier to perpetuate hatred and fear than to foster faith and hope.  Why are we so easily mislead by those who would divide us in pursuit of their own self-interests?  The immensity of the hoax is so unworthy of such a magnanimous people.  In the words of Abraham Lincoln,Continue reading “Hello world!”