It can be argued that English is the richest of all the world’s languages.  If nothing else, it certainly has the most words; in fact an excess of 500,000 and if we include technical and scientific words, we can add an additional 150,000.  Compare that to the second...

Recently I mentioned to a friend that Tuesday, November 10th marks the 245th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps.  After making the comment, he asked a curious question, “Why is there a Marine Corps?”  He went on… “The army has infantry and tanks and...

Few people question that the partisan divide in America has deepened in recent years.  And a good argument can be made that it accelerated exponentially during the lead-up to, and immediately following the 2016 presidential election when an indecorous political...

When we discuss temperature, we use the words hot or cold and then modify hot with warm and cold with cool and place tepid smack in the middle. But when we discuss attitude, it’s usually in terms of optimism and pessimism.  But few people are optimistic or pessimistic...

Children are the most naturally loving little creatures on earth, and they have a unique way of spreading their love around, which is no small thing these days because let’s face it, sometimes the world can be downright mean. So today I wanted to share a few quotes...

There’s a new board game coming out soon, it’s called Monopoly for Socialists.  This iteration of the world’s most famous board game is a bit different from the original Parker Brothers version, and this is how it works.  When the person with the most money,...

Wolves were eradicated from Colorado about 80 years ago, but on November 3rd Colorado voters will have the opportunity to re-evaluate that situation when they vote on Proposition 114, the Gray Wolf Reintroduction Initiative (2020). Opponents of the measure believe...