Collecting My Thoughts

Imagine a country with free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly without being attacked--unknown through out most of history, an...

My kids wore cloth diapers! And a year ago I stopped chewing gum—it’s plastic. Only for a picnic would I use a plastic water bottle. https...

Andrea voted for Obama twice, but didn't like Trump and didn't vote in 2016: “Meanwhile, I watched the left ... just ... lose it. ...

"There are 585 billionaires in the US. The press is making a huge deal out of Soros saying billionaires are willing to pay more taxes. ...

The earliest church was seen as too exclusive and a threat to the social order because it would not honor all deities ; today Christians are...

"I am on page 520 of the Gorbachev biography, and learning how he tried to change the Soviet Union by undoing the exact policies that I...

“President Donald Trump arrived back at the White House yesterday evening following his trip to Osaka, Japan, for the G20 Summit as well as ...

How can one justify a city-wide ban on E-cigarettes and fund "safe injection sites" for drugs? How is it even remotely logical t...

Last night the program at Hoover was Michael Stanley and friends. ?? No, we'd never heard of him, but he was big in the late 70s and 80s...

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii seems to me to be the only Democrat candidate with brains, biology and charisma. Noticed her on TV interview wi...

"The problem of the poor is not the availability of jobs, for the economy has generated so many new jobs during the past decade that an...

I loved our cute hydrangeas that Loretta planted for us last summer, but they didn't make it through the winter.  She said she had somet...

This title is on the review list for the Lakeside Women’s Club this summer, so I decided to check it out.  I’ve been reading it on the porch...

We had an interesting program at Lakeside this morning on "Organizing 101: Simplify our Stuff" by Chris Perrow. One member of the ...

I'm getting ridiculously low offers for subscriptions to Vanity Fair ($8) and Wired ($5). (Both owned by Conde Nast). Magazines are vehi...

So I whined on Facebook. Dianne Orr McDermott (from Mt. Morris, now in NOLA area) replied: “I'll call your bursitis and raise you a to...

I was reading over the President's schedule for the G20 meeting, amazed that anyone can keep a schedule like this (the time change alon...

True, librarians are a poorly paid group, but I'm earning more now than I did when I was employed, and many retirees say the same thing....

I didn't watch the so-called debates (I watched a dog act at the auditorium), but I did see snippets on CNN and Spectrum 1 at the wellne...