Odds and Ends

A Few Things Caught My Eye in Recent Days. Yours, too, I Bet The Spirit of Andy Those of a certain age will remember, fondly for the most part, the role of Andy Rooney for many years on the CBS News show 60 Minutes. Andy was the self-designated Curmudgeon …
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Taking Some Time to Think About Time

Time Shapes So Much of Our Lives. Yet We Understand It Hardly at All What is Time, Anyway? Seems a simple question, but there is little agreement out there among people who cogitate on such musings. For most of us, time is a given. It is what provides the …
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Are All Republican Politicians Alike? Nope – There are 3 Types. OK, 3.5 Types

Two of the Three Merit Disgust and Disdain; One Owes Us Answers; 0.5 are Lonely Beware the Temptation to Stereotype In a time of national division, it is easy – tempting – to think of those with whom we disagree as all being alike. It will not be a shock …
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Looking at the Capitol Insurrection with Clarity – and Anger

Two Excellent Illustrations of What Happened and What It Means January 6, 2021 – A Day That Shall Live in Infamy With apologies to FDR for borrowing his phrase in describing the Pearl Harbor attack, this is what comes to mind for me in thinking about the assault on our …
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Profiles in Courage

Let’s Acknowledge Political and Physical Courage When We See It Who Rises to the Challenge? Fate, history if you will, has a way of calling on people at inconvenient times. One day, you are just minding your own business, the next you are thinking about risking everything. Funny how …
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Why are Republicans Few in Number but Large in Power?

Three Factors Tell the Tale- And They are Not the Ones You Think Wait! Wait! I Know the Answer to This One! Ask how it is that the Republican party is shrinking at a crisp pace, yet they have a remarkable level of power, and most people will say something …
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