Greetings and Salutations. This is the Second collection of musings on the political situation in America. My first (somewhat lengthy)… Read more
Category: Humanity
General thoughts about mankind’s interactions with each other.
Ten years later…or how life can go Pear Shaped. Adventures with Hep C
Some of the writing here may be uncomfortable to read…fair warning! I am, for the first time, going to discuss… Read more
Is “Cancel Culture” a bad thing?
Greetings and Salutations! As I was poking around on Facebook, one of the folks I follow posted this meme for… Read more
Sifting through the Ashes, Part 33 – Election Reflections.
Greetings and Salutations… Now that the smoke is clearing a bit, and the dust settling from the 2020 Presidential Election,… Read more
Sifting through the Ashes, Part 32 – Good Vs. Evil
Greetings and Salutations; We are reaching the end of a very long and chaotic time. The numbers are in, and… Read more
Charter Schools – Boon? Or Bane?
Greetings and Salutations; Last year, I wrote an essay on the issue of education in America. I covered many topics… Read more
Sifting through the Ashes – Part 31. The SCOTUS and the Congress
Greetings and Salutations. The events of these past few years have caused me to rethink some aspects of Government. I… Read more
Ruth Bader Ginsberg – A Giant Leaves Us.
Greetings and Salutations; This last Friday, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg died, of metastatic pancreatic cancer. The fact that she held… Read more
Some thoughts on 09/11: Are we driven by fear?
Greetings and Salutations; Today is the 19th anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Towers by fanatics that had… Read more
The Vietnam War – An American View
Greetings and Salutations; I was going to get this post written in April of this year, as a meditation on… Read more
The Results we get from a crappy educational system.
Greetings and Salutations; I had the following dialogue with a very young lady (who started reproducing very early in life)… Read more
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 30, The Postal Service
Greetings and Salutations… The closer we get to November, the more insane the actions of the administration become. Over the… Read more
Talking about Mental Health…And America
Greetings and Salutations; As I have touched on a number of times on this blog, mental health issues are a… Read more
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 29 – predicting the future???
Greetings and Salutations; I wanted to take a minute here, to look at the path the Republican Party is on…. Read more
Covid-19 Thoughts, Part 04…The FULL costs
Greetings and Salutations; Time has progressed since the first bunch of cases of this pandemic showed up in America. As… Read more
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 28, One More Cultist…
Greetings and Salutations; The other day, I posted an update about the Covid-19 issues to the FB Page devoted to… Read more
WHY is it that so many folks think education is crap in America?
Greetings and Salutations; Today, I had a short interaction with a local woman on FaceBook. I have quoted it below…. Read more
I buried a cat today…
Greetings and Salutations. Today was a difficult day, I am sorry to report. While it had positive aspects, it also… Read more
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 27 – A Real Revolution?
I thought, when the ground-swell of protest after Mr. Floyd’s murder began, that this event might be the straw that… Read more
What does “Defunding the Police” mean?
Greetings and Salutations; America is going through a terrible time just now, with huge protests all across the country (and… Read more