Reading time – 46 seconds; Viewing time – 2:46 . . . Said Edward R. Murrow, “Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.” Imagine if Donald Trump understood that. Or Ted Cruz. Or Mitch McConnell or Chuck… [read more]
Carole King
Reading time – 51 seconds; Viewing time – 1:57 . . . It’s well established brain science that the human amygdala, often referred to as the “reptile brain,” responsible for physical survival, is a most powerful and primitive driver of human behavior. It is responsible for the fight-or-flight response. There is no moral compass in… [read more]
Stop Obsessing About the How
Reading time – 61 seconds; Viewing time – 2:54 . . . Bernie Sanders is telling us that he wants Americans to have universal health care – single payer. He is challenged by those on the left, the center and the right, asking how he’s going to get that done. Donald Trump tells us he’s… [read more]
Betrayal Avenged
Reading time – 19 seconds . . . Kudos go to CBS for their exposé of the rip off of veterans and Americans thinking they were contributing to the rehabilitation of our wounded vets when they donate to Wounded Warrior Project. The board of directors of Wounded Warrior Project has fired CEO Steve Nardizzi and… [read more]
Breaking News . . .
Reading time – 1:56; Viewing time – 3:52 . . . This just in – CNN has reported that for the very first time Donald Trump, in a news conference, responded to a reporter’s question and only repeated himself twice. While his sentence did not address the reporter’s question, the lack of a third and… [read more]
The Question Still Haunts Us
Ed. note: This was my response to a letter from a friend, updated only very slightly, and was posted three months before the 2012 general election. Sadly, the question still haunts us. Reading time – 3:34; Viewing time – 8:36 . . . Thanks so much for your comments. I completely and enthusiastically agree … [read more]
Gitmo Solved
Reading time – 41 seconds . . . When President Obama was running for the presidency in 2008 he pledged that his first action as President would be to close our prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. What was done there – torture – was illegal. Gitmo was an ongoing recruiting poster for those who would… [read more]
The Real Problem With America
Reading time – 54 seconds; Viewing time – 2:39 . . . The insults hurled about in what passes for our politics are flagrant judgments that polarize us. As harmful to our republic are the insidious accusations buried in attack speak by those seeking to steal power for themselves. Just the other day Republican candidate… [read more]
Things Could Be Worse
Reading time – 2:13; Viewing time – 4:15 . . . In a most accessible article in the November 10, 2014 Christian Science Monitor, author Henry Gass reviewed a fresh examination of wealth inequality, comparing 1929 America to today. Here are selections of Gass’ writing: In the late 1920s, the top 10 percent of Americans… [read more]
To Hell With The People
Reading time – 49 seconds; Viewing time – 2:17 . . . Trump says they should stall. McConnell said he will stall in the Senate. All the Republican candidates for president insist we must wait to appoint a new Supreme Court justice until the next president takes office. They hope that a Republican will win… [read more]
