Because the news is filled to overflowing with the surprising machinations of President, Donald Trump,  we might forgive the media for failing to fully expose the seditious acts originally purported to be the work of his disgruntled supporters, the Shadow Brokers*. (Click)  (“Seri

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

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

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

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

I was going to write about oil today, until I came across a scathing article about Ivanka Trump.  At the  Berlin conference on women entrepreneurship, which she attended as a guest of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, the audience booed when she responded to a question about her fa

A jealous boyfriend murders his pregnant lover and is charged with a double homicide. Two lives are lost, are they not? 38 states believe this is the case and have enacted fetal homicide laws.  (“Some Form of Punishment,” by Nina Liss-Scultz, Mother Jones, May/June 2017 pgs. 48-5