Sitting here, staring at FaceBook’s “what’s on your mind?” question. Trying to find the right words for when you get a phone call out of the blue, and it’s a special someone, and, you find yourself laughing at almost everything they’re sharing with you since the last time you spoke with them. I think the […]
Archives for February 27, 2016
NY Times Essay – Politics or Dictatorship
Thought Provoking essay from the NY Times. Thanks goes to Betty Bowersox for sharing. NYTimes link We live in a big, diverse society. There are essentially two ways to maintain order and get things done in such a society — politics or some form of dictatorship. Either through compromise or brute force. Our founding fathers […]
President Trump’s State of the Union Address – “unemployment”
President Trump stated tonight (once again) in his State of the Union address that there are “94 million unemployed Americans”. Let’s take a few minutes to dissect that number to judge the validity of that statement. There are roughly 323 million people living in the United States. If there were 94 million people unemployed, that […]