It’s good from time to time to step away from the edge of precipice of the news and briefly focus on something foundational that will really make a difference – and not just in the next month. Call it an investment in the next decade or generation. Consider high school for a moment. We could talk […]

On September 1, 2022, Joe Biden gave a speech. He and his team chose a color to illuminate the backdrop. In so doing, Joe presented the GOP with perhaps one of the easiest opportunities imaginable to communicate a visceral message to a national audience. Though we know all too plainly what Biden had to say, I […]

Most of this article was composed prior to Thursday September 1st, 2020. On that night, Joe Biden stood in Philadelphia with a darkened backdrop bathed in blood red light, flanked by two US Marine officers, as he declared war on all iterations of MAGA which is an acronym for: ‘make America great again’. To Joe […]

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. […]

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 […]

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, […]