Not all that long ago, there was a time in this country when people defined themselves, politically at least, as either Republican or Democrat. Voters took pride in entering a voting booth and pulling the master handle to vote for…

As most of us know, (and if this is news, you should pay more attention), the Justice department sought Apple Computer’s assistance in bypassing the security encryption on an iPhone. Not just any phone, but the phone used by the…

All of us face choices in our lifetime. Some of these can affect a moment, a day, or a lifetime. Often, we face ridicule and torment from those who follow a different path. Does the toilet paper roll go over…

  The disaster that is the Obama Presidency has struck again. His abject failure to improve on the robust economy handed to him on a silver platter by the Bush administration has caused the loss of more jobs. Carrier Corporation,…

There is a sad, yet well-established history in this country of aligning ourselves with groups and governments that are the antithesis of our cherished love of freedom. During WWII, we allied ourselves with the Soviet Union for the greater good…

Premiering  Feb 5, my friend and fellow  Cumberland High School Class of 1974 graduate, Kent Harrop and I will be writing a joint blog called “The  Heretic and the Holy Man.” We aim for a topic a week on Life,…

It is not often that I stimulate a spark of deep thought and inspiring words in others (and truth be told I must share credit with Philosopher Bertrand Russell for the original thought.) Yet a good friend of mine, Kent…

There are one thousand four hundred forty minutes in a day, five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes in a year. On average we spend 1/3 of that time sleeping, leaving nine hundred sixty minutes a day, three hundred…

As of 00:00  January 10, 2016  until 00:00 January 17, 2016 I am conducting an experiment.   No email No Facebook No Online time at all.   Going Dark to fight the insanity.  If anything important happens, oh well it…

For those of you who read my postings here, you may have noticed a somewhat fatalistic, contemplative, and nostalgic flavor of late. I have struggled with the right way to talk about this.  I decided to let each of you…