Sometimes I like news, and other times I don’t. News, as we first know it, is “newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events.” We can get news about anything.“Hey, you are the new Publisher Clearinghouse Winner,” says the guy at the front door holding the bouquet of balloons.OR.“Hey, I just totaled […]

Thanks to my friend, and great author Linda Stowe, for bringing us today’s insights. ______________________________________ Republicans by Linda Stowe I just finished the book, “Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell” by Tim Miller, a well-known political operative. Political operatives are involved in political campaigns. Miller was a specialist in

There was a time when I had some phobias. I had a big fear of heights. And spiders. I used to be afraid of snakes too. I was pretty much terrified of flying. And a couple of lesser things would pop up here and there. And then, they went away, just like that.It happened about

I first heard about this in grade school, most likely in religion class. Or maybe it was one of the many little Bible storybooks we had at home. Either way. I immediately feared it. Leprosy. It is mentioned throughout the Bible. It seemed to be as abundant as the common cold. They even had colonies

I’m on a bit of a rant today. First, let me explain. I get a lot of “newsletters” in my Inbox, by choice. Many of them will tell me about what happened on a particular date in history. Well, on July 30th, I received one with the headline that read: “Caitlyn Jenner Wins Olympic Decathlon.”

Obscurity. It is the state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant. The quality of being difficult to understand. The description of “obscurity” comes from Webster. Not me. I’ve been getting it wrong. In my mind, when something is obscure, it is no longer relevant. Perhaps something from the long ago past. But that is not

I’m starting an advice column, I think. I’ll begin each installment with a disclaimer.::::::::WARNING: Read this advice column at your own risk. The author, me, has had varying rates of successes and failures throughout all of life. Heck, the same goes for every day. But we all have opinions on how things should be done.

Grover Cleveland hanged people. First, to bring us up to speed, Grover Cleveland was an American politician and lawyer. He then became the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Grover, thus far, is the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (1885–1889 and 1893–1897). Hopefully, Donald Trump will