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 ›
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YESTERDAY AND AGAIN, TODAY
Yesterday was really a wild day for news and probably it will be the same today. I think — or at least I profoundly hope — that the biggest group of crazies has blown their cover and won’t be able… 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 ›
THE WILLINGNESS TO REJECT REALITY
There was an article in “The Atlantic” — A Political Obituary for Donald Trump (this article will appear in the January/February 2021 issue) — about Trump and how his lies are like radioactive dust. The distrust they have caused may… Read More ›
FROM C.S. LEWIS, A QUOTE TO PONDER ON GOOD AND EVIL IN THESE MODERN DAYS
A remarkable quote from C.S. Lewis, the author of many remarkable quotes that never seem to get old or lack current veracity in the real world — even a hundred years after their original publication: “To nine out of ten… Read More ›
WHAT HAPPENED TO CHILDE DONALD?
Because most of us are rational, we not only loathe the guy running our government. We also really want to know how he became such a terrible person. Everyone knows people — some of us are those people — who… Read More ›
BUT THAT CAN’T BE RIGHT, CAN IT? – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #58 To put it most simply, I always thought that — socio and psychopaths aside — everyone has a conscience. Even after Trump was elected, I thought that Americans weren’t stupid enough to actually follow this moron. I… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD, SUCH AS IT IS – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 1-8-2020 QUESTIONS: Is ‘hello” enough for you these days? (credit to Rory – https://aguycalledbloke.blog/2019/12/29/is-hello-enough-for-you-these-days/ ) I’m not actually sure what this means. I think I’m missing something. Let me put it another way: why wouldn’t “hello” be enough? Is… Read More ›
CROSSROADS AND CONTRACTS – Marilyn Armstrong
It was a cold night. Not just wintry cold, but a deep, damp, clammy cold that climbed into your joints and made everything hurt. A light fog covered the ground yet it shed no light. If you squinted, you could… Read More ›
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUNG DONNIE? – Marilyn Armstrong
Because most of us are rational, we not only loathe the guy running our government. We also really want to know how he became such a terrible person. Everyone knows people — some of us are those people — who… Read More ›
THE HOW AND WHY OF IMPEACHMENT – Reblog – THE SHINBONE STAR
As much as you may view this as politics, it is also education. Impeachment is a complicated business with a single motive: to protect the American Constitution. I can see all the sides of this impeachment. I understand why Nancy… Read More ›
THERE IS NO MORAL MIDDLE-GROUND – Marilyn Armstrong
Was there ever such thing as a moral middle-ground? When we decided as a nation to allow and even extend slavery because it would enable us to create one nation — was that the “middle” ground? Middle of what? The… Read More ›
