On August 26th, I posted a story, A Democracy Story – Tales of Elections Future. I have some thoughts on where that notion started, what it turned into, and where it’s going to go. First, it’s a fictional journal entry illustrating some events, starting with a few in present ‘history’, then extrapolating forward based on trends. […]
Archives for August 2022
A Democracy Story – Tales of Elections Future
Dear journal, it’s October 20th 2026. If only we knew four or five years ago what we know now. I’ve needed to write this out for some time now but things moved really quickly and it’s only now that I can get this on paper though it took some effort. Fortunately, at least I still have […]
The Kardashian Effect – Save Yourself from It
I’ve had something bugging me for a year or more. Certain news sources and aggregators mix in what seems like an inordinate amount of what I’ll just call Kardashian news. This of course features the Kardashian spawn most prominently but also a regular rotation of select others like Hailey Bieber, the Hadid sisters, Dua Lipa, […]
A Controversy – Are You Supporting Woke College Education?
Should a young person go to an evil college? That seems to be an open question being passed around now in conservative media. The two sides of the argument go something like this. For: It is the traditional choice. Without college, a young person could be permanently trapped in a circumstance of less earning power […]
An Insight into the Animus That Is Our Present Political War
I find it hard to grasp why there is so much hatred in the political realm. Hear me out; I’m going to embark on a bit of deconstruction here. Given that what I typically write, I’m sure, is considered by many as highly partisan or inflammatory, my first statement may seem way off. We live […]
Pence Says Don’t Disparage the Corrupt FBI – What That Says About Pence
Today, Mike Pence is reported as saying the Republican Party should stop lashing out at the FBI. Reading into the detail, he also suggested that we, conservatives, could hold the Attorney General responsible for the politically motivated Trump home raid without disparaging the rank-and-file FBI agents…. *Takes a deep breath*…. First, we need to understand that Mike Pence […]