Analogies sometimes help us understand events, ideas and people. By comparing these to something familiar, we better see where others are “coming from”. In that vein, a look at the…
Month: July 2018
By rights, I should be a Democrat. I come from immigrant stock. In fact, my father’s grandfather came here from Sweden and I have his trunk in my living room,…
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Growing up in rural north central Missouri meant being in the local 4-H club. It just would not do for farmers’ kids to skip this part of being educated about…
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I am deeply puzzled. Many liberal women took to the streets in the Women’s March the day after President Trump was inaugurated. I wondered then, what logical reason they had…
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I recently had a discussion in a string on Facebook with a gentleman that I don’t know. I had responded to a meme that said: “How long does it take…
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Sometimes it becomes a chore to figure out what to write in a blog. Some might call it writer’s block, but that seems too cliche for me. So what I…
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I have never in my lifetime seen a time such as we live in today. Certainly, we have endured great turmoil in the past – the riots of the 1960’s…
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“Impeach him!” came the cry from Maxine Waters on November 9, 2016. This was the day after the Presidential election which ended with Donald J. Trump becoming President-elect. Why was…
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