No one wants to be irrelevant. We all have something to say.
Aged, Old and Elderly
At 66, I consider myself aged. I’ve got some minor health problems and I don’t get around as good as I used to, and to
Come as You Are
Religion, like politics, is hard to write about from a global perspective. Religion is, and should be a deep personal experience. Notice my chosen word,
American Angry
Americans are angry. Black Americans, American Latinos, Native Americans and of course, White Americans. The poor are angry, the rich and middle class, right along
The Silence and the Wind
When I look around the complicated American landscape of news, politics, and social media, I find it exhausting. Tiring in the sense of an addiction,
Ol’ Joe
I’m going to climb the tallest oak I can, climb to the top I will, and crawl out on the thinnest limb I see and
The Evangelical Threat
In spring of 2010, as congress was scheduled to pass reform in our health care sector, Rep John Lewis of Georgia was walking up the
Knowledge vs Wisdom
I always figured that as I grew older, I’d get a bit wiser. Of course, ain’t nothing further from the truth, whatever the truth might
How We Do Things Here
Politics ain’t what they used to be. Not that they were ever anything special. There is not a golden age of American politics that we
Will Humans Go Extinct
Ever ask yourself the big question? Do we, as a species, deserve to survive, to eventually spread out among the stars? The question is often
Trumps Indicated
For the first time in history a US president, now a private citizen, has been indicted, or in Donald Trump’s words, indicated. As thoroughly liberal
Unexpected Vacation
Vacations are fun, getting back to the reality of snow, grey skies and the frozen tundra, not so much. The Virgin cruise we took was
To Dream
Why dream of a better America in a land where dreams come varied and fluid of shape and form. To dream of equality in a
A Fragmented Reality
My view of reality is fragmented. Simple and sure, the view from where I set is incomplete. I know it’s incomplete, and I’m left filling
To Lead Those Who Will Not Follow
America has not seen this shit for a hundred years. Two days and six attempts to elect a republican speaker, and as we begin the
A Christmas Thought
It’s hard to sort out my feelings this holiday season. My mother passed the end of November and I’ve also had two very close friends