Higher Education

Anyone who knows me knows that I have been a lifetime advocate of universal access to a higher education.  This is in no small part due to my lack of access to a higher education when I graduated high school despite my...

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Want To Bet?

I recently had a Facebook conversation regarding my concepts regarding the need for choosing a more centrist Democratic candidate for President.  The opponents to my way of thinking brought out statistics from the Obama...

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White Bread for All

In recent conversations, I mentioned my beliefs regarding the upcoming Democratic choice of a Presidential candidate.  For those of you who have not read my thoughts on this before my main thought is that we Democrats...

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Begging for Dollars

We are in the middle of the fall OPB Membership drive. I think they do four membership drives a year; it may only be three; it feels like 10 or so.  I personally do not refer to them as Beg-a-thons.  The reason for that...

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A Mistake?

Once again today, I encountered an idiot who was so intent on what he was doing that he thought it was perfectly acceptable to cut me off, causing me to slam on my brakes to keep from T-boning him. As is my standard...

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Pendulum Effect

We are in a pendulum effect right now. I know that I, along with most people, thought that the changes in society over the last half a century plus impacted all aspects of American society. Nay, nay! These sleazy bottom...

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Stupid Food Labels

I am tired of stupid food labels on packaging. Some are darned outrageous, such as: Contains Nuts on a can of peanutsGlutton Free onbox of ricepackage of hard candychocolate barBeef JerkyWild Caught on a can of albacorefor...

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