The circle goes unbroken History offers a few items both past and present to digest, lest you want to vomit: Adolf Hitler wanted to eliminate the Jews from Germany. Chairman Mao Zedong wanted to eliminate the Bourgeoisie from China. Joseph Stalin wanted to eliminate the Ukrainian people Vladimir Putin invoked...
The story of “Trumpty Dumpty”. There was a great man (or at least he thought so), who sat on the wall of highest office of the land, who on October 17, 2017, announced, “It is time to drain the swamp in Washington, D.C.” Holy Cow!! Yep, Donald...
The phone rings, the pleasantries begin with “hello” or “are you there”, then comes the little “BLEEP”. With that little sound, you are transferred around the world to God-only-knows-where and “Telemarketing Hell!!!!” begins. Someone starts the pitch: “This is Anthony (or Samuel, or Elizabeth or some other heavily...
April 18, 1976 was not a great day It was Easter Weekend and Russ and Nan, and Joan, my fiancée, and I had commuted together up to NJ for the holiday to visit our families. It was Sunday and after enjoying the weekend and massive Easter...
In the not to distance past there have been waves of injustice, discrimination, prejudice, hatred, incarceration, and even murder against all of us. Many of these injustices were cured through social awareness, others through the courts and some required legislation. Woke is now defined in Webster’s dictionary...
A take-away from the latest fund-raising ad by Donald J Trump highlights bragging about his tax cuts, and statements by Speaker McCarthy, among other things, today’s record spending, and record levels of debt. What it fails to indicate, is how we got here. Yes, some of...
In the months leading up to Uvalde, Governor Gregg Abbot reduced mental health funding in Texas by more than $211 million and since that massacre at Robb Elementary School, he pledged $5 million to “assist” the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center (According to an article written...
No it was not the Beach Boys 1932 Deuce Coup One can describe January 6th, as a sudden, decisive exercise, of armed force in politics and especially as an attempt at a violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group. So let’s not mince works;...
According to the Society of Professional Journalists, some believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the bedrock foundation of Democracy. Ethical journalism strives to ensure the free exchange of information, information that is fair, accurate, and thorough. An ethical journalist acts with integrity. While...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in April signed the "Stop WOKE" act, which restricts lessons or even mention of possible impacts of race and diversity in schools, particularly anything that discusses privilege or oppression based on race, or whether someone "bears personal responsibility for and must feel...