A major sea change: why COVID-19 is a turning point in history. So, it is the end of March 2020, and many of us are sequestered in our homes, trying not to get the virus that’s now sweeping the globe… Read More ›
American history
ANTI-VAXXERS KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
I wanted to publish this exchange because it’s a good example of why I dislike anti-vaxxers. They have beliefs based on out-of-context data and a lack of scientific and factual testing. Their “opinions” don’t merely endanger them, their family and… Read More ›
IF THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE, WHO ARE WE?
Every person who gets interviewed on television says the same thing using almost identical words. It’s our current American mantra, that those hooligans who rioted in our Capitol are not really who we are. Not really. Maybe a few of… Read More ›
CEE’S CFFC: LOVING REEDS AS FLOWERS
CFFC: Reed, Read or Red Everywhere along the rivers in this valley reed and weeds wave in gentle and more powerful winds. I love the weeds and reeds. Some people plant various kinds of reeds as part of their garden, but… Read More ›
JUST WHEN YOU THINK T%$#@ IS GONE, HE’S BACK. AGAIN.
I really thought we’d finally gotten rid of the Orange Menace, but he’s back. You’ve got to hand it to what’s-his-name. He wanted to be special and he is. Not in a good way, but who else has managed to… Read More ›
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? DRIP BY DRIP, DROP BY DROP.
When what you believe cannot be proved using evidence which is not opinion, you know nothing. When the basis of your opinion — and beliefs — are lies, you know less than nothing. Political lies and corruption have always been… Read More ›
“THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE”
Every person who gets interviewed on television says the same thing. It’s the current mantra about “the U.S.A.,” that these hooligans who rioted in our Capitol are not really who we are. Not really. Just, well, maybe sometimes. I think… Read More ›
GLUED TO THE NEWS
I admit it. Other than a short car ride with Owen today, I watched the news. Garry has a cold. Not a really bad cold, but he was already bummed having realized that NOTHING he thought was going to get… Read More ›
AND SO THE WHITEWASH BEGINS
Any number of you wondered when the whitewashing of yesterday’s mob insurrection in Washington D.C. would begin. If you haven’t already heard about it, let me be the first to inform you that the night was not over yet when… Read More ›
AN UPPERMOST GALLEY
An Uppermost Galley What could be more uppermost for any gallery than a galley, in this case a tall ship anchored in Boston Harbor. The first brig Beaver — one of the ships from which wine was tossed at the… Read More ›
UNTHINKING MOBS ARE THE ULTIMATE DANGER
As of right now, I’m pretty sure “our leaders,” — like them or not — have a strong collective will to not be seen as hiding from the mobs. If they are seen to be hiding, that’s the beginning of… Read More ›
THE DAY AMERICA’S HONOR DIED
It was a hard day in the U.S. We woke up to the joy of having won both senate seats in Georgia, went to watch the goings on in the Senate. That was when the terrorists decided to take over… Read More ›
