Reading time – 47 seconds . . . On April 15 Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) proposed H.R. 1563, a bill that would require federal workers to certify that their tax records aren’t delinquent, this under threat of dismissal. Chaffetz wants to make sure that those hoards of federal employee tax evaders with debt so large… [read more]
It’s The System, Stupid
Reading time – 71 seconds It’s been wall-to-wall coverage of the riots in Baltimore and the conversation has largely been focused on who is to blame. It’s the thugs. It’s the mayor. It’s the police. And everybody wants to figure out what the police should do to tamp down the violence. Once again we’re looking… [read more]
Exceptionalism
Reading time – 61 seconds . . . America is an exceptional country in many ways. The problem is that without a mindfulness about it, we can easily assume that America is exceptional in every way. That myopia can lead to the arrogance of dismissing the ideas, capabilities and the accomplishments of others, which many… [read more]
A Modest Proposal – v2.0
Reading time – 59 seconds . . . The clarity came to me in a blinding flash of the obvious and we can thank Governor Mike Pence (R-IN) for being the spark that ignited the flash. We are beset by haters and Pence showed us another dimension to that, as he signed into law a… [read more]
Hey Good Cop: Where Are You?
Reading time – 77 seconds . . . An open letter to the good cops of America When Rodney King was blasted by a Taser and then had the stuffing beaten out of him by four Los Angeles cops, what did you have to say about that? Did you speak out? After Officer Darrin Wilson… [read more]
Stupidity
Reading time – 39 seconds . . . This was a tough week for Indiana Governor Mike Pence. He took major heat from private citizens, corporate movers and shakers, liberals, conservatives – pretty much everyone but those who identify with pandering, hate-spewing, Joe McCarthy wannabee Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). It was all about the new… [read more]
Stop Pretending It’s Not Happening
Reading time – well worth it . . . Something’s going on. You can feel it even if you can’t name it. Things are changing from what they used to be or should be or could be to what you don’t want them to be. We humans aren’t very good at noticing small changes. Incremental… [read more]
Be Like Monica
Reading time – 61 seconds . . . Monica Lewinsky was a 22 year old intern in the Clinton White House when she engaged in her youthful indiscretion with the President. At the time President Clinton was 49, old enough to be her father and certainly old enough to know better. He was supposed to… [read more]
Chores
Reading time – 59 seconds . . . Were you required to do chores around the house when you grew up? Chances are, you were. When I was a kid, chores were simply what had to be done and we all had a hand in the work. I recall that once in an moment of… [read more]
Our Bridge
Reading time – 69 seconds . . . You really need to take the time: – To hear the words of John Lewis, a man who marched on Bloody Sunday and whose thanks that day was a fractured and bleeding scull. His reward – and ours – is that he has served in Congress, a… [read more]
