Guns
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
I am increasingly of the opinion that guns are a clear and present danger to civilization as a whole and our way of life here in particular. I am not at the point of banning all guns. That would cause a revolution that would destroy everything we ...
Wall Street watch
posted about 1 year ago | 5 comments
I have been a watcher of the events on Wall Street for many years. I have tried to have some money invested in stocks over the years and like any investor have had success and failure. My first observation is that when I got overly ambitious and t...
Power
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
We have had a lot of stories about wind, rain, snow, floods and other phenomenon. It is a constant reminder to me of the awesome power that surrounds us. People have the tendency to think of themselves as powerful but the truth is, pound for pound...
uses, misuses, and abuses
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
Having been a student of the American language all my life I am appalled by the constant corrupting of the verbage. We are constantly being bombarded by meaningless and inconsistent uses of words and phrases. A few of my pet peeves are as follows....
Abuse of Power
posted about 1 year ago | 4 comments
I mourn the loss of those in Arizona yesterday. It is an unspeakable tragedy.
But I mourn equally the loss we all feel in the power to run our lives as we choose. This incident is another in a long line of the powerless being given unlimited powe...
But I mourn equally the loss we all feel in the power to run our lives as we choose. This incident is another in a long line of the powerless being given unlimited powe...
replacing the "n" word
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
Just read an article of a professor in Alabama who is doing a new edition of Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn novels and is substituting the word slave for the word nigger. His reason is so that it doesn't offend anyone. His proposal to re-do the ...
Resolutions
posted about 1 year ago | 3 comments
I don't do resolutions. Most of them are not attainable and are not readily doable. But this year is different. I don't know why but recent events have brought a change in life style and habits to light and I am changing the way I do things. No de...
Labels
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Are you as tired as I am about all the labels attached to people today? We have labels with hyphens like African-American, Native-American, Asian-American and so on. Why can't we just be Americans?
And in the midst of the politics we have labes f...
And in the midst of the politics we have labes f...
Postpartum
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
The latest elections are nearly over. So the campaigns can begin for next year. The purpose of politics is to get re-elected. I am becoming more convinced that we need term limits in any elected office. Yes, I said any. I am thinking a limit on th...
The silly season and other idiocies
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Don't you just love this time of year?
We are entering the time when politicians seeking office tell you everything you wanted to know. The main focus seems to be in telling us how terrible their opponent is and has been. Some day we the electorat...
We are entering the time when politicians seeking office tell you everything you wanted to know. The main focus seems to be in telling us how terrible their opponent is and has been. Some day we the electorat...
