I don’t know about you, but I’m doing nothing to prepare for the Coronavirus. I at age 73 have a somewhat compromised immune system, and my 99-year-old mother lives nearby in a nursing home. But How to Prepare for the Unknown I am assuming when the first cases hit Central Texas, some people I know, […]
Sometimes it’s hard to believe this is America. A new story by the Guardian says the trauma children and their parents face at the border at the hands of the Trump administration constitutes torture. This was based upon the evaluations of 26 children and adults by Physicians for Human Rights. First In-Depth Look While many have […]
The McClatchy newspaper chain bankruptcy is another harbinger of all things sad for the newspaper business. Without robust newspaper journalism, what is to happen to the democracy? McClatchy Symbolic The newspaper chain, the nation’s second largest, publishes the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sacramento Bee, Kansas City Star, Miami Herald and dozens of other newspapers across the […]
Things are very glum at our house. My daughter accidentally struck her 13-year-old terrier with her car last night, killing her instantly. The dog was developing cataracts and perhaps just didn’t see the car. And my daughter thought she had gone to the other side of the garage. Grief is Compounded Not only is my […]
I’m a lifelong Democrat and about as liberal as they come. But that does not mean I have never voted for a Republican. Just wanted to get that out of the way. I Don’t Know About Biden as Nominee While I don’t yet know if Biden is the best Democratic nominee to be Donald Trump, […]
Well, I hope not. But a speaker at my Unitarian Universalist Fellowship last Sunday hinted at such so I chose to investigate. Not Hard to Be Vegetarian for Me It wasn’t hard for me to chose to be vegetarian, though I still prepare meat for my family. But I do enjoy cheese, cream in my […]
Why do people we might normally respect sell themselves out by shilling for products on television? The Ones That Bother Me Most I guess the one that bothers me most is Tom Selleck, an actor I’ve admired for years, acting like he’s in some position to advise us on reverse mortgages. Close behind is Joe […]
Who knows why President Trump ordered the assassination of a top Iranian military leader last week? A distraction from his pending impeachment trial? A way to garner re-election? Boredom on the golf course? Ill Thought Out and Dangerous I’ve been living with television news and leading media reports since the drone assassination occurred. And the […]
Yes, here I go again, but two recent news stories have really gotten to me during this season of good will and sharing. First, the New York Times reported this week that since last December, three migrant children have died from influenza in facilities along the border, where migrants routinely complain that cold temperatures sicken […]
Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, was born in Missouri, near where I grew up, and presided over some incredible times in our history, which he handled very well in retrospect. Sworn in Suddenly Upon FDR’s Death “I was sworn in one night, and the next morning I had to dig […]