I have not been blogging recently for several reasons.  A) I've been busy with my photography, B) I don't want to make fun of an aging man who slipped & fell, although you can bet your bippy that Putin, Xi and Kim aren't saying to themselves, “Gee, how can I help...

Cancel culture has certainly been prominent in the news recently.  And while definitions may vary, it’s fair to say cancel culture is about silencing opposing opinions, sowing dissent, arousing anger and stifling debate.  Unfortunately, this phenomenon appears to be...

In his fever to undo every vestige of the Trump presidency, Biden undermined the extraordinary progress made by the Trump administration towards peace in the Middle East by “recalibrating” our relationship with Saudi Arabia. Trump orchestrated the Abraham Accords...

Members of the National Guard reportedly found metal shavings in over 70 meals; some were made sick by undercooked meat on Sunday, an ABC affiliate reported.  A Michigan National Guard staff sergeant whose identity is being withheld said this is a common problem for...

The Founders believed a free press was critical to the success of the American experiment and envisioned it as the unofficial fourth branch of government.  Jefferson & Madison in particular wanted the press to act as a watchdog to keep the government in check by...

The expression, “close enough for government work” is an idiomatic, humorous, and disparaging way of saying that something isn’t worth investing the time to do correctly.  For example:  “The fence posts aren’t quite perpendicular, but they’re close enough for...

Recently a friend forwarded an article citing how the French are becoming concerned with America’s ‘woke leftism’ & identity politics, and the effects those notions are having on French culture.  Normally I’m not overly concerned with the opinions of other...

The FBI released its crime data for the first 9 months of 2020 revealing a 21% percent increase in murders compared to the same period in 2019. I’m not a criminologist but I suspect this has more to do with the defund the police movement than the pandemic. If we...

(Note: I've used the matrix contained in this post previously, but it's equally appropriate regarding today's topic - hopefully it prints out cleaner than it did the last time) One of the pillars of President Biden’s "Build Back Better" agenda for economic recovery is...