boor·ish /ˈbo͝oriSH/ adjective rough and bad-mannered; coarse. This past week, as any sports person at least would know, an NFL coach, Mr. Gruden, was pressured to resign over certain content within his emails that had been sent over the past dozen years. It was part of an investigation for when he was a coach with […]

Who do you believe? For every position on Covid, there are leaders, papers, ‘experts’, apologists, conspiracies, etc., all supporting every shade of every facet of public policy regarding Covid. Personally, I’m pretty clear on which ones I support – detailed progressively in approximately a dozen+ articles on Covid found here on NER, but how would […]

I’ve never been asked what my political party identity is. In the battlefield of certain social media pages where I’ve occasionally commented, some have leaped to the conclusion that I’m a Republican. Some have done so even projecting a dated stereotype that I must also golf. That’s hilariously off base as I find golf tedious […]

‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me’ Political struggles can be divided into basic categories. There are matters too distant or arcane for some people to worry about, things like international relations or defense. Traditionally, the only thing that’s mattered to a lot of people and especially politicians, is […]

I’m at partial variance with my conservative peers on a couple issues – not many, just a couple. This would apply to half of the equation regarding illegal immigration. My take is that we actually do need more immigration into this country, but I’m in full agreement when it comes to the legality with which […]

Where are they?  Within many religions, Christian persuasions, and sects, a great many claim to have a higher mission to protect the powerless. This is by no means an exclusive conservative faith vs. liberal faith belief. It should be a commonality between them all with only some variations in what and how they address the […]