Category: politics
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Reforming American Education: Lessons from Personal Experience
I have always said the song Kodachrome by Paul Simon said it all about the American educational system. “When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all!” I spent most of my high school academic career coasting, staring out windows, watching the clock’s…
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32 Lives Lost Daily: The American DUI Crisis
What if you could stop 32 homicides today and every day thereafter? Yes, stop the bloody, senseless deaths of parents coming home from work, teenagers with their whole life in front of them, and children strapped into car seats? What if you could prevent a Boeing 737 MAX from spiraling into a cornfield next week?…
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The Truth Behind Current Economic Claims
Well, last evening we were treated to a one hour and 47 minute speech, the President’s face glowing orange-pink under the harsh lights, his voice rising and falling across that cavernous chamber. His words bounced between moments of startling clarity and fabrication—which as any weathered independent like myself can tell you, is the political tradition…
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Life Lesson from a 72-Year-Old Retiree
I’m utterly exhausted from all this single-minded focus, driven by emotions rather than intellect! Honestly, don’t just nod along like a bobblehead or shake your head like a maraca merely because someone has a philosophy you deem the bee’s knees. On the flip side, don’t spiral into utter outrage every time someone you usually disagree…
Old Man Pondering 