Remember December 7th, 1941… another morning when a world of change came out of a clear blue sky.Remember that when you hyperbolically use words to inflate minor incidents into raging crises – that a crisis that is appropriate to those words, ca…
Remember December 7th, 1941… another morning when a world of change came out of a clear blue sky.Remember that when you hyperbolically use words to inflate minor incidents into raging crises – that a crisis that is appropriate to those words, ca…
Are you upset about the political climate today? Do you sometimes wonder who is to blame? Well, Trick or Treat, I think that I can help you with that. Do you have political positions that you support? Good… good, good. Now let me ask you a couple qu…
I do think it’s time to re-post this, from Columbus Day, 2015 – Why? Because after a few weeks of being bombarded with unsubstantiated charges and hysterical outrage from the most outrageous folks imaginable, I think it’s time, even with as small a nod…
What has become the process for the Senate to give ‘Advice and Consent’ upon a nominee to the Supreme Court, is to have a background check performed by the FBI, prior to a hearing by the Senate Judiciary committee, to review any judicial record or rele…
The line that “If you don’t vote for Candidate X, THEN YOU’RE VOTING FOR CANDIDATE Y!!!”, is neither a good argument, nor a laughing matter, and treating it as one, or the other, or both, is not a responsible approach to one of your most fundamental ci…
[Re-posting this date adjusted post, on what is now the 231st anniversary of our Constitution, because it asks those few questions that are really worth asking ourselves today. Last year they were especially worth asking after two days of rioting for ‘…
[Re-posting this date adjusted post, on what is now the 231st anniversary of our Constitution, because it asks those few questions that are really worth asking ourselves today. Last year they were especially worth asking after two days of rioting for ‘…
In remembering what happened on September 11th, 17 years ago, I’ve patched this post together from a number of memories and posts and comments I’ve made from then to now. Where they began, of course, was on the morning of September 11th, 2001, when my …
Would you like to play a game? Careful now, because if you choose to play, you could lose… and then you might end up as the enemy you are so loudly seeking after. You sure you want to play the game? Well, ok then… let’s start. You will probably hav…
Here’s a conundrum for you: There are many things in life that some of us might be unfortunate enough to have to defend ourselves against – thugs, thieves, mobs… lions, tigers & bears – but there is only one power that has the potential to preven…
SoOo… Trump & Putin’s presser – quite the dust-up over it, eh? Hey… did you actually listen to the entire thing? Or just the reports of it? Huh. Well I hadn’t seen or heard any of the press conference during the day, and I was at practice for t…
Before giving you my two cents on President Trump’s nomination of Judge Kavanaugh to fill the seat on the Supreme Court that’s been left by the departing Justice Kennedy, here are a few links that give good overviews. This one gives a good, brief, syno…
Once again, before getting to my annual reposting of Calvin Coolidge’s speech on the Inspiration of our Declaration of Independence, I want to point out, first, that our independence wasn’t begun on July 4th 1776, that was simply the end of the beginni…
Once again, before getting to my annual reposting of Calvin Coolidge’s speech on the Inspiration of our Declaration of Independence, I want to point out, first, that our independence wasn’t begun on July 4th 1776, that was simply the end of the beginni…