Let’s have a peek at just a few of the top political theater plays on tap for this off-year election season. We can’t put them in any order of popularity yet because it is not clear which of them will connect best with the short attention spans of the citizenry or garner the most in …
Last week I did the first of a series of weekly radio interviews about my book with an internet radio station. The second interview will be on Wake UP We the People with George Stephenson at 1:00pm (EST), 10:00am (PST) Monday, May 12th. George and I will continue discussing the frame of mind of the …
A Broken Sausage Grinder; Is our government fundamentally flawed? By: Hank Thomas For those of you who are interested, last week I taped a radio interview about the book with an internet radio station. The interview will be aired later today, Sunday, May 4th 2014, between 4:00-5:00 PM Eastern Time on TogiNet Radio at …
In recent years I have noticed what I believe to be an increase in racist behavior here in the United States. This behavior is often quite subtle and frequently connected to some political activity that is taking place, especially since President Obama was elected, so it is appropriate to write about it here. I want …
Here is a term to think about for a couple of minutes. We hear “partisan” thrown about as a descriptor of political behavior all the time, but we rarely wonder if the term is being used correctly. Generally, I hear it in reference to the Democrats and the Republicans party agendas so let me examine …
We recognize greed in others, but we usually can’t see it in ourselves. It is true and I’ll bet there is pretty much total agreement so why is our thinking on this point so selective? According to my Merriam-Webster (2715-06-12). Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition, “greed” and “greedy” are defined as follows: “greed n [back-formation …
Having ideals is a good thing. Our ideals help us to make good choices as we navigate the complexities of our day to day lives. They’re a sort of standard of conduct to compare our behavior with and to judge how close to perfection we can get. They’re not an absolute mandated behavior to be …
I can’t remember when I started hearing people identifying themselves as capitalists, but I am sure it was over a year ago. People probably used the term before that, but I just wasn’t taking notice. In any event, I have been paying some attention to the ways that these self-described capitalists are behaving and find …
It has happened to all of us. We call the customer support phone number only to be greeted by an answering machine that wants us to talk to it. Personally, I find such machines offensive, but maybe that is just me. In any case, we work our way through the many layers of menus until …
When I wrote my book, A Broken Sausage Grinder; Is Our Government Fundamentally Flawed?, I mentioned the way some elected officials approach their responsibilities. My experience was that after winning the election the voters really didn’t want to talk all that much about issues we were facing in the city. Other elected members took the …
