Posts relating primarily to a Presidential Election.
It is January 6, 2023. It is two years ago today that a mob of un-Americans laid siege to our Capital in the hopes of retaining Donald J. Trump in the office of the Presidency. Donald Trump and his many minions had prepared for that day and some of them actively helped to stoke the …
I have tried to keep my comments, on current affairs, in the middle of the political aisle, but recent events are not all political – many are better described within the context of terrorism. I think it is time for me to strip off all the varnish and call it like I see it. Our …
Our history is filled with discussions and even disagreements about the character or our Constitutional government. Many of our number exclaim almost reflexively that we are a democracy while others remind us that “to the republic for which it stands” our flag properly flies over more than just a democracy and a few will even …
Depending on where you were in the 1980s, you may not remember a delightful lady who became a bit of an icon for the Wendy’s fast food restaurants. She appeared to be a petite lady of many years and her lines in the commercials were very limited. That said, she made the phrase, “where’s the …
With all the turmoil and chaos we have been living with for the last four years, most of our fellow Americans are exhausted emotionally. With all the anxiety and fear that we have been subjected to in 2020 by the Coronavirus, it is hard to imagine a reason for any American not to have an …
I don’t remember where I heard this, but there was said to be this small town along the Western frontier. It was a small town. In fact, it was so small that it could not support one Lawyer, but it could support two. The point is this. Lawyers argue with each other about disagreements between …
Yesterday I republished my blog post from November 10th, 2016 where I expressed my thoughts about how we had shouted to the world that we are a Nation of prejudice, and misbehaviors that had previously been thought to exist only in the shadows of our society. For those who might want to read that post, …
On November 10th of 2016 I wrote a blog post that seems worth another look today. Back then there were people everywhere proclaiming “this is not who we are,” but we all know our vote in the Presidential Election of 2016 shouted to the world that our vote told them exactly who we are. Here …
We have this idea that we should be able to know the results of an election as soon as the polls close. It is just another example of instant gratification that shows up throughout our society. We know that local elections are easier to count than State-wide elections, but computers are fast so larger elections …
I have spent a lot of my thought time trying to understand why people do what they do. When I don’t understand a behavior I see, I try to put myself in the body of the one I observe and imagine what could have motivated them. Call it empathy if you want, but I simply …
