My Less Than Humble Opinion

Let’s not forget. Both of are major political parties had a Gold Star Parent speak at their national conventions. In that, neither is above reproach. The Republicans had Pat Smith  who holds Hillary Clinton responsible for her son’s death. The Democrats had Khizr Khan who questions Donald Trump’s understanding of the Constitution. When questioned, both… Continue reading Muddy Waters

Nobody can “Make America Great Again” … because America Has Never Stopped Being Great! On July 21, 2016, Donald Trump gave his acceptance speech (1:15:34) at the Republican National Convention. In that speech, he painted our country as lawless, disrespected, broken, and under siege … a nightmare reality* that only he can fix. The crowd who had booed Ted Cruz’ suggestion… Continue reading Make America Great Again?

Donald Trump is claiming to be the “Law and Order Candidate”. We’ve heard that before. In 1968, we had two “law and order” candidates … Richard Nixon (Republican Party) and George Wallace (American Independent Party). The third candidate, Hubert Humphrey (Democratic Party), was the then-current Vice President. Richard Nixon had been Dwight Eisenhower‘s Vice President. He ran for President… Continue reading Law and Order

This post is different from most of those that I’ve done so far. It’s more like a diary than an article. It’s a story rather than a rant or remembrance. I began to write on July 3rd. I’ve  stopped writing and published because I think Dorothy has finished this first chapter of (what I hope will be)… Continue reading Dorothy

In two of my earlier articles, I showed a graph of data collected by counting PolitiFact.com‘s “Truth-o-meter” ratings of statements made by the then-current Presidential candidates. We’ve narrowed the field to the presumptive candidates for our two major political parties. On Wednesday, July 6th, I trimmed my graph to those two and updated the counts. Do candidates… Continue reading … And the Bleat Goes On

I believe (and hope) that Hillary Clinton will be the 45th President of the United States of America. I decided to send her a letter. Unfortunately, her campaign web site allows only 1000 characters per message. (I guess she’s being extra careful with her e-mail address these days. It’s not posted on the site.) I… Continue reading An Open Letter to Hillary

The picture above is the last one I took of my dear little friend, Spider. She was in the Intensive Care Unit at the Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals of the Cummings Veterinary Medical Center at Tufts University. Spider moved on to her “Journey to the Heaviside Layer” a bit before 9 PM… Continue reading Requiem

This morning, we woke to the news of the worst mass killing in United States history. The President declared it an act of both hate and terror. Who cares how it’s labeled? 50* people are dead. 53 more are wounded. What part of “Thou shalt not kill” don’t we understand? How can we keep doing… Continue reading Thou Shalt Not Kill

While it seems likely that Hillary will be the Democratic candidate for President, Bernie is “hanging in there”. Donald has locked down the Republican nomination. Regardless of who wins in November, our generation will take the White House back from the generation that’s currently in charge. I say our generation because all three candidates are my contemporaries. Bernie… Continue reading Three and Counting

Recently, I watched a National Geographic Channel documentary entitled “The Human Family Tree“.  It uses the DNA of a couple hundred people at the 30th Avenue Street Fair in Queens, New York to trace the journey that took our species from its beginnings in Africa to all parts of the Earth. Although our appearance is one of… Continue reading The Human Family Tree