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]
Betrayal
Reading time – 88 seconds; Viewing time – 3:36 One of the most difficult things to deal with is betrayal. It is the very thing that is driving the popular success of the Donald Trump f#&k you campaign. People feel sold out – betrayed – by our government and they are livid and they gravitate… [read more]
In Service To America – Up Close and Personal
Reading time – 107 seconds; Viewing time – 3:55 The late 1960s was a deeply troubling time. Political assassinations, civil injustice and upheaval and a divisive war all had America in spasms of confusion and conflict, even down to an individual level. I spent a large portion of my senior year in college,1967-1968, wrestling with… [read more]
Etymology for Today
Reading time – 26 seconds. . . . Perhaps you know that anything that reads the same forwards and backwards is called a palindrome. Thus, “mom” is a palindrome. So is “tattarrattat,” a word coined by James Joyce to mean a knock on the door. There are phrases and even sentences that are palindromes, too…. [read more]
Stupidity – a Reminder
Reading time – 77 seconds; Viewing time – 3:18 . . . Ed. note: This post was originally published in summer, 2015, but this is the start of our primaries and it’s time to pay attention and take action. ———————————————- Said Harlan Ellison, “The most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.” That… [read more]
