As recently as May 15, I questioned where the young techies, building their virtual worlds, are taking us.  Certainly, they live a schizophrenic existence.  On the one hand, they purport to be bringing people together and creating a democratic agora for ideas.  On the other hand, t

I know so little about today’s blog topic, I should blush with shame.  I’m so ignorant about technology, I’m not certain where my Wi-Fi lives. Remember me? I’m the woman who secretly believes the algorithms installed on my computer do more harm than good. (Blog, 5/17/2017) �

How petty can I get?  Very!  Right now I’m in a pique because the manager of the food service where I live has added another restriction.  I can have a salad, but I must ask for the dressing.  The manager explains he hides it to save counter space, an excuse that might convince

My blog platform comes with an “editor” that is unreliable.  If I were to write, “I brake for animals,” fifty percent of the time it would suggest “break” with the word underlined in red.  That substitution would have earned a student an F in my English class. The progra

The circle of coffee gals at the retirement center (Blog 5/3/2017) had already arrived for their morning break when I entered their magic circle, sputtering a few words about the appalling leadership in the country.  A  94 year-old women wheeled up with her walker to join us.  Barb

Mark Zuckerberg and his nerdy cohorts have  a dream to turn the internet into a global village that will spread ideas and possibly democratic seeds to all parts of the world.  (“Connection can breed contempt,” by Jamelle Boule, excerpted from Slate in The Week, May 5, 2017, pg.

Unlike a declining number of people on the planet, I can remember when my life wasn’t documented.  I can recall researching the subject of ear wax at the library without finding my mailbox stuffed the next day with discount coupons for drops or scrapers to facilitate its removal. 

With a billionaire in the White House, people around me are talking about money and privilege and blaming the rich for most of our social ills. Is it any wonder the upper class suffers from paranoia?   If you doubt my observation, consider writer Jessica Pressler’s report that sec

The saying has been around for a long time:  “If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.”  A number of people seem to be angry on Facebook, lately. A group of women dumped on Ivanka Trump the other day for defending her father when she was Angela Merkel’s guest at t

Donald Trump’s promise to revive the coal industry gives a false hope to miners who haven’t seen a paycheck in a while.  Fossil fuels are on their way out and coal, being the dirtiest, is already feeling the effect.  Oil will be around a while longer, but if I were a young inves