Question of the Day: Is the media’s focus on “a war on truth” misdirected? There are two kinds of horror movies. To prove this point, I will stick to films based on Stephan King novels. At one end of the spectrum are stories, while gory, are not the source of nightmares. For example, to … Read more
I’ll make this follow-up to the December 24, 2020 post “Gullibles Travels” short and sweet. Yesterday I received an email from a trusted and respected friend in which he echoed some of the right-wing fringe propaganda about the recent COVID relief legislation. Concerned that Congress had used the health crisis to pass a plethora … Read more
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~Edmund Burke On any given day over the past five and a half years, there were multiple candidates to which the above quote might apply. Hypocritical Republican members of Congress who claim to be the guardians of law … Read more
In his signature style of grand storytelling, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the Holy Land, thousands of years ago. By exploring the lives and discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the site of Tell Makor, Michener vividly re-creates life in and around an ancient city during critical periods of its existence, and … Read more
1a: a report of recent events 1b: previously unknown information ~Definition of “NEWS”/Merriam-Webster The operative words are “report” and “unknown.” In other words, if you want to speculate about what may or may not happen or if you want to share the same information (e.g. T**** lied today about …) over and over, feel … Read more