I have ranted about the Electoral College, as most intelligent people have. I have also admitted that we are likely to never get rid of it, as most intelligent people are likely to understand (see Electoral College – Last...
I am purposely writing this before the outcome of the 2020 election because, regardless of how it actually plays out, I want to express my feelings before I am sure of where we are going. The last five years, especially, have...
As I write this it is 10/23/20 and it is just about one and a half weeks from now before the 2020 election. Realistically, because of the mail-in voting that is so new in so many states, it is probably a full two weeks before we...
I see that Pat Robertson is predicting the coming Armageddon – again. Now it would be way to dismiss this on several counts. First off, this is not the first time the ol’ Pat has predicted Armageddon on several...
It is often hard to understand our past. We often have a rosy picture of a time in our past that is, quite frankly, not true. Generally speaking though, this does not pose a problem. Once in a while it does. It did for me...
I was watching a TV show about people fighting over an inheritance from a parent who was still alive. Included in this dustup was these siblings’ concern that their parent would spend all of her money before she died and...
When I write this it is October 2, 2020. I want to make that clear in case future events impact what I say Trump went into the hospital today as a “precaution” after testing positive for Coronavirus. Later in...
I have a lot of problems with Churches, specifically Christian Churches as these are the ones I am most familiar with. Quite frankly, most of my problems are based upon church doctrine or congregational practices that are either...
I live in the Portland Oregon area. We are sadly surrounded by multiple wildfires getting way too near and making way too many people homeless. Sadly included with this has been what has so far been proven totally unfounded...
I always had a little bit of spam, but not a whole lot. I just marked it and went on. Over the last couple of weeks the spamming started to get out of hand. In fact, yesterday I got well over 300 spam comments that I marked. ...