I’ve written about this before. But I found new information I thought you might find interesting. At Least Right Now Absolutely we can feed the world, at least right now. Farms are producing enough to supply the roughly 2,800 calories per day people need. So why are 1 billion people chronically hungry? That’s because the […]
I’ll write about my dear grandmother at another time, but I want to spend this post talking about Grandpa, my paternal grandfather, who would have been 126 this year. Born in the late 1800s, he grew up very poor and never achieved any material wealth or prominence. But he was rich in the things that […]
The San Marcos City Council held a study session recently on a new criminal justice reform program that holds promise. It is Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, or LEAD, that is designed to keep people out of the criminal justice system. Lives Ruined and Public Costs Why should we care? Crime is crime, right? Well, maybe […]
I don’t pretend to be an expert about the lingering impacts of slavery in the United States. But information from History.com and other sources recently helps explain why the G.I. bill didn’t do as much for black Americans as their white counterparts. The information helps explain the lingering disparity between the wealth of white Americans, […]
I heard an interesting interview on television with Bill Nye the other day. He held up a plastic drinking straw and one made of paper. “The person using the plastic straw isn’t a bad person,” he said with a big grin. What we do have, he said, is a big challenge for scientists. And the […]
When my parents retired, they felt they had plenty of money to see them through to the end of their lives. BUT, they outlived their resources. Working Beyond Normal Since they owned a weekly newspaper, my mother and father continued to work at least part time well into their 70s. My father had sold the […]
When the Founding Fathers placed the First Amendment to the Constitution first, I think that was by design. That amendment, while protecting freedom of the press, also protects freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and freedom to petition the government for redress of grievances. Marketplace of Ideas While the press was fiery […]
I was saddened to read a New York Times piece recently that said a loose network of conservative operatives will begin discrediting news organizations hostile to the President. That’s not so new. But the method is. They plan to do so by publicizing damaging information about individual journalists and even their family members in some […]
I feel a little uncomfortable writing this post. I quit eating meat about three years ago, seafood too. I’d thought about it a long time. And after a brief illness during which no food was appetizing, I decided I just didn’t want to eat animals any longer. My Family Still Eats Meat At first my […]
It’s been many years since I’ve driven a new car. But I’m usually driving one that isn’t more than a few years old and one that looks pretty good. Who Banged Repeatedly Into My Door? That’s why I’ve been toying with having my driver’s side car door repainted where my husband has banged his passenger […]