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How Do We Choose Our Personal and National Priorities?

By Bill Clontz April 15, 2019 April 16, 2019 Leave a Comment

This is a Missing Link in What Passes for National Dialogue and Personal Reflection

What We REALLY Are Asking…

I learned an important lesson a long time ago. It’s one that comes to mind today as I look at how we talk with each other as a nation. The lesson? People often ask a leader “What is the number one priority I should focus on?” What they were often really asking me was “Give me one thing I can focus on and drop everything else.”

I see a variation of that on a national level now.

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Science News You Should Know About – and It’s All Good News

By Bill Clontz April 11, 2019 April 12, 2019 Leave a Comment

Part of Our Hey! Look at THAT! Science Series

I enjoy bringing you some of the delightfully amazing stories I come acres in the world of science. That is the plan for today, and happily, it is all good news for this round. We could all using some cheerful news, could we not?

Science and technology can be two edged swords, bringing both risk and reward. But overall, much of what ails us as a species and as a planet stand the best chance of being resolved by science. Equally important,

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It’s a Grab Bag Blog Today! Something for Everyone

By Bill Clontz March 5, 2019 March 5, 2019 Leave a Comment

Enjoy a Collection of Assorted News, Human Interest, and Other Tidbits. Part of our Hey, Look at That! Series.

Today I am pleased to share an assortment of articles and information that I have come across. I found them fascinating. Sometimes fun, sometimes infuriating, but consistently good to know. This like going through your garage to organize a yard sale. I found some items to share.

I am constantly collecting bits of information and entertainment. Every once in a while, its’ time to share a few. Today is such a day.

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Sometimes Modern Medicine Really is Miraculous

By Bill Clontz February 19, 2019 February 22, 2019 4 Comments

How We Organize, Pay For, and Integrate Medicine in This Country is a Mess.

The Actual Practice of Medicine, However, Can Be Pretty Impressive.

This is Not Your Parents Surgery

My wife went through a major surgical procedure replacing a hip a few days ago. We are both fortunate to have good health, so this sojourn into the medical culture is a new experience for us. It has been educational and, in many ways, encouraging. We learned some things that might be of interest to anyone facing major medical engagements.

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An American Handicap – Peculiar and Self-Inflicted, But Curable

By Bill Clontz January 8, 2019 January 22, 2019 4 Comments

Our Size, Timeline in History, and Geography Shaped America -for Good and for Ill

A LONG time ago, I sat in a political history class in college. I was contemplating American history and current events. The professor had pointed out that there were some unique factors in America’s formation. These made the country we know possible, in the way it has developed. Today, I can see some problems resulting from those early factors.

Size: The first of these factors was that we had a continent on which to grow. Much of it was wilderness.

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Mid Terms are Over. What Does America Look Like Now?

By Bill Clontz November 9, 2018 November 8, 2018 Leave a Comment

Overall, a Good Night for Democrats. But Something for Everyone and Risks Everywhere.

Goodness knows the airways are full of post elections analysis. I don’t know about you, but I really don’t need to read another article about the 5/10/20 important lessons of Tuesday night.

We have only had a few hours or so to absorb the electoral results. Too much is in the mix to deal with in one post, anyway. But I had a cautionary note at the end of this post, referring back to something I said in a post some months ago.

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Welcome Home, America: Observations of a Voting Site Volunteer

By Bill Clontz November 2, 2018 November 2, 2018 1 Comment

Spend Some Time at a Polling Place. You Will See Much to Feel Good About.

For several elections, we turned our home into a campaign house. From late Summer through election day we rearranged the entire house. We set up distribution of canvasser materials and training areas. We established reporting stations and break area for returning canvassers. While it was a crazy set up to live in the midst of, we found it a very satisfying contribution to democracy.

But we are not doing a campaign house this year. Instead, I am at early voting sites,

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Welcome to the Jungle, America. And a farewell note

By Bill Clontz August 27, 2018 9 Comments

We are Deep in the Wilderness Now – But Likely Not for Long

Last week the United States moved into a political wilderness unlike any before. But before discussing this, I, like many of us, feel the need to say something about the late Senator John McCain. His is a passing worthy of our taking note.

Much has already been said in recent days, with more to come for sure. Much of it is worth taking the time to read and reflect. I disagreed with McCain often, on a lot of issues.

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So, Has Science Blown Your Mind Lately? No? Take a Look at These Discoveries

By Bill Clontz July 24, 2018 July 25, 2018 2 Comments

Part of our Hey, Look at That! Science and Technology Series

The scope and scale of science is a never-ending fascination. Nothing else helps us relate to life like science. Science gives us scope, balance, and perspective. Not to mention a huge WOW factor.

It’s easy to forget how vast and complex a thing the Universe is. Science comes through to remind us of that fact. Sometimes it does so with such breadth and depth it takes our breath away. Today, samples of two such discoveries.

Moons? Yeah, We Got Moons

First,

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We Stand With Four Rivers All Around Us – Sink or Swim, America?

By Bill Clontz July 9, 2018 July 6, 2018 2 Comments

In every period of history, people living at that time feel “We have never had so many challenges.” We are no different today – many of us have that exact feeling right now.

We have had great divisions in our past (we did have a civil war, after all). Still, one could make the case that critical factors are now coming to bear in dangerous ways.

It feels as though we as a nation are standing on a piece of ground surrounded by four mighty “rivers.” Rivers are powerful and full of potential to nourish, clean,

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