America and Americans

How about a pause from politics, hurricanes, and nuclear war today? Let’s do it! I am probably the only one you know that struggles with letting go. I think I have a memory twice that of an elephant. Sometimes that is good. But often it creates difficulties for me. I hold grudges far too long. […]

Stupid question, right? There are so many things going on in the U.S. not to mention the World. I thought we today would simply touch on several of those: Houston/South Texas I was born in Pasadena, Texas, a suburb of Houston. I have relatives who live all through the area. My father passed away a

Hate speech is speech which attacks a person or group on the basis of attributes such as race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, or gender. We have seen hate speech used again and again throughout modern history, but never in the U.S. as we see now. Is hate speech actually protected speech under the

Lesson #1 A sales rep, an administration clerk, and their manager were walking to lunch when they found an antique oil lamp. They rubbed it and a Genie popped out. The Genie said, “I’ll give each of you just one wish.” “Me first! Me first!” said the admin clerk. “I want to be in the Bahamas

I am trying to comprehend all of the explanations for the furor surrounding last weekend’s demonstrations turned riots turned murder in Charlottesville, Virginia. Forgive me, but as a true Southerner I am a bit simple in many ways. Although I stay tuned to the political happenings in D.C., I often struggle as I am today

Yes, I said it. We are going to tackle the most critical, most misunderstood, and most visual issue of the day, without getting personal or negative. In this narrative I will not mention names of individuals or groups, or ever get into the “I” or “you” or “they” mode. This will be difficult, but is

“Antifa.” We’ve all heard of the the group. I wrote about it some time ago when they made the news all dressed in black and masks, tearing apart the streets and buildings at Portland and Berkeley. The name is a shortened version of “anti-Fascists.” Obviously that means they are against fascism.  Now that Antifa is

Living in the greatest country in the World, (which we do) we expect every system and process in to be the greatest in the World when compared to those of other countries. Most Americans’ default mindset is that America in every area is the best on Earth. That is not so, unfortunately. I won’t analyze

We buried my Dad yesterday. 91 years old, one of thirteen children that included five boys who each pastored churches in five different denominations — one of them my father. There was not a big crowd at the funeral home or the cemetery, primarily because he is the second to last of those thirteen to

When bad things happen to us or others we know, human nature almost always makes us look for what we or those others did that was so bad it initiated the bad that popped up in our life or theirs. That principle is called “reap and sow,” “what goes around comes around,” or “karma.”  However