I was thinking about the geological strata the other day and the way each level tells a different story about the earth’s development.  What interested me  was the thought these strata  never mix except at a time of cataclysmic upheaval. In a way, social classes are similar.  A

I don’t wear much jewelry, costume or otherwise.  When I was in public life, I bought a few nice pieces, mostly turquoise, which I picked up during my visits to Arizona.  At the time I started collecting, the stone was semi-precious.  Now, with dwindling quantities, it’s become

When a new president takes over the White House in 2017 not much will have changed except the occupant.  The world will be the old world still. Russia, China and North Korea will continue to flex their nuclear muscles and, I suspect, Palestinians and Israelis will continue to speak w

 Women may owe a debt to Donald Trump.  He’s done more to energize our sex in this election than the simple fact that for the first time in our history, we have a woman at the top of a major political party’s ticket.  The last time women were so energized was  after Anita Hill

I wish Hillary hadn’t said it.  Calling a person “deplorable” doesn’t invite discussion.  True, deplorable people exist, but that’s the point.  They exist.  The question is how to deal with them.  Making them feel like pariahs exacerbates the problem because they feel l

In October a change goes into effect concerning money market mutual funds.  From an earlier blog (9/9/16), you may remember mutual funds are counted as  runnable debt, accounts not insured by the FDIC but are part of a bank’s debt obligations. To shore up a bank’s ability to wit

Mark Cuban, billionaire NBA team owner, came out strong for Donald Trump, calling him “probably the best thing to happen to politics in a long, long time.” (“A Billionaire Changes his Mind,” by Ira Boudway, Bloomberg Businessweek, Sept. 19-25, 2016, pg. 35.)   What attracted

I noticed a couple of weeks ago that Phyllis Schiafly died, founder of the Stop ERA movement and later the Eagle Forum, an institution dedicated to keeping women in the home.  She was a firebrand who seldom stayed at home, herself, but opened every public forum by thanking her husban

Being swatted no longer conjures the image of a rolled up newspaper and a fly.  It refers to people who open their front doors to find a swat team in full gear.  Swatting is the latest form of cyber bullying after Gamegate (Bog 12/9/14), harassment originally aimed at “uppity” f

I took up fencing as my sport in college.  Over time I learned to be quick, meaning my movements were subtle enough to fool my opponent.  While I performed well with fencers who were at or above my skill level, I fared miserably among those of few skills, those who imaged a sword wa