Cities With Personality

I Really Like A Lot Of Places Traveling America I have had the good fortune over the years of seeing a lot of America firsthand and up close. Where we currently live is our 26th relocation, so we have lived in many places. We have taken two cross country drives, each …

Is the Blue Bird of Happiness Around the Corner?

Well, Probably Not. Still, There are good signs. Here are some of them. Interesting First 100 Days, Eh? Well, we cannot say the first 100 days of this administration have been boring. Trump has pursued largely the path he laid out in the campaign. Only some of his voters seem …

Where Do These Clowns Come From?

Quite a Cabinet, This Administration It Looked Grim at First When Trump nominated his cabinet, the reaction outside MAGA world was pretty universal – this looked like the worst cabinet in modern history, by any measure. But the Republican Senate said “Yes, Sir,” approving all but one whose nomination was …

A Dozen “Guideposts” to a Better Life

Life Has Its Challenges. Here Is My List For Making It Better What?! No Politics? Yeah, I thought it might be a good thing to talk about something other than political and social justice issues for a change, even if only once in a while. So today, let’s talk about …

Maybe Sesame Street Has An Answer

How Best to Understand This Administration Remember Sesame Street And The Alphabet? You may remember that Sesame Street has offered sessions that focus on one letter of the alphabet, with examples of how that letter could be used to spell words. Given the constant mess and communications kerfuffle that …

Reduce Government Size and Increase Efficiency?

We Have An Excellent Example of How To Do That – If That Is Really The Goal The Trump/Musk “Reform” Model By now, most people seem to have figured out that the current administration’s goal for the government has little to do with government efficiency or effectiveness but is …