Recently, I described how the National Rifle Association (NRA) influences gun control laws by funneling campaign contributions to friendly legislators. (Blog 12/13/2016)  Naturally, when our president-elect made a campaign promise to “drain the swamp,” I hoped he meant he’d dis

One of the advantages of being a troglodyte is a person has fewer worries than those who keep up with trends.  For example, traveling by horse and buggy, like the Amish, means the price of gasoline is unimportant.  I gain a similar advantage with my flip top cell phone.  This dinos

At 16, I knew everything.  Had I been truly wise, I’d have dropped out of school and kept my good opinion of myself. As it stands, the older I get, the less I know.   Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair, seems to share my state of bewilderment.  (“From 9/11 to 11/9” by Gra

I’ve admitted I grew up in a National Rifle Association (NRA) household.  I’ve admitted I owned a gun for years, a Remington 22 which I used to bring home my share of competition medals. The  NRA teaches gun safety and provides a multitude of services to its members, but like th

More than once during my tenure as a politician, I voted to  deed public property to private parties for $1.00.  That is the minimum allowed by law to secure a financial transaction in my community.  Much of the time, what was awarded was a corner lot, too small to build on, which

Hold on to your pacemaker.  Latest news is they can be hacked.  Worse news is that people are making stock bets on that vulnerability. Normally, security companies wouldn’t explore medical devices as an avenue for hacking.  One supposes decoding their encryption wouldn’t take h

Our president-elect has told so many lies to the public, his fibbing has taken on a transparency akin to truth-telling.  What’s more, when his followers fail to notice his contradictions, they provide an example of cognitive dissonance working on a massive scale.    Cognitive di

Before Donald Trump has been sworn into the presidency, pundits, their past failed prognostications forgotten, are predicting he will be a one-term office holder. (Click)  Meanwhile, Democrats are wringing their hands and emailing to their constituents about their disappointment over

After the November 8 election, a friend sent me the November 11, 2016 OP Ed piece by David Brooks from the New York Times.  A number of my liberal friend speak kindly of the writer.  He is their token conservative, I presume.  In deference to them I reprint his remarks and follow w

Until the 2016 Presidential election, it was safe to say women were making strides toward equality.  Some hurdles remain Women are  barred from the priesthood in the Catholic Church and still lag behind men in equal pay. (“Noted,” The Week, November 11, 2016,pg. 16,).  Whether