Lest we forget, this is a flashback to January 20, 2021. Every person who gets interviewed on television says the same thing. It’s the current mantra about “the U.S.A.” The hooligans who rioted in our Capitol are not really who… Read More ›
right and wrong
WHEN YOU WERE TEN
And Other Mistakes, by Rich Paschall In decades past, my mother was a fan of what would be referred to as Supermarket Tabloids. They are usually displayed near the checkout counters of grocery stores. They were meant to catch your… Read More ›
YOUR BELIEFS ARE YOU
Fandango’s Provocative Question #197 Today questions asks if you can detach a person’s political beliefs from that person and see each separately. In your interpersonal relationships with acquaintances, friends, and family, are you able to separate political ideologies from the people… Read More ›
DIVERSITY CAME HOME
It happened again. All white eggs (they are cheaper because, for reasons no one knows, brown eggs cost more here than white eggs in Massachusetts) with one brown one. As far as I know, there’s no difference in food value… Read More ›
WHEN DIVERSITY CAME HOME TO ROOST
I needed a rerun on those popovers. I hadn’t defrosted anything, so I figured omelets for dinner with a side of home fries and popovers. For reasons no one knows, brown eggs cost more here than white eggs. People seem… Read More ›
BANNING BOOKS IS NEVER OKAY
Fandango’s Provocative Question #156 How do you feel about state and local school boards and other jurisdictions banning of classic books such as those I’ve listed? Under what circumstances, if any, do you feel that banning of such books is appropriate… Read More ›
WHERE AM I? WHERE ARE YOU?
There is a line we should have never crossed, but we crossed it. We feel endangered because we are in danger. There is a very strong likelihood our grandchildren will not have the freedom or the right to vote.
TEMPTATION AT WORLD’S END
One of the most interesting ideas I learned from C.S. Lewis was that evil never appears as itself. It isn’t ugly or repulsive. At worst it may be annoying, full of complainers, whiners, and malcontents. They may be wealthy, their… Read More ›
AUGUST’S OVER AND FALL BEGINS
SHARE YOUR WORLD 8-31-2021 And suddenly, summer is ending. Last I looked, it was spring. I know time flies, but this is ridiculous. Blink once, summer’s gone. Blink twice, it’s spring again and the same people still haven’t gotten vaccinated. We… 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 ›
“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 ›
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 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 ›
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 ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 