If you are underage, please ask your parents before reading this post. I don't have a lot of time to watch movies. (Heck, I haven't had time to blog -- and I haven't done so since November!) But I recently watched the movie GATTACA with my youngest daughter on New Year's day. I had heard…
Quite by accident, I started blogging when President Trump was elected. Those of you who follow my blog know that I had decided to slowly stop blogging, and it seems somehow fitting that as I wind my blog down, he is now on his way out. And I have some (maybe) final thoughts. But first…
When I wrote Can American Democracy Survive This?, I didn't expect I would be writing a "part II," but this article on Fox News convinced me that I needed to blog again, even though I intend to wind my blog down soon. (It's getting harder and harder for me to make the time for it!)…
A disturbing poll is being discussed by media on both the right and the left. This poll finds that a majority of students in the United States of America believe it to be perfectly acceptable to shout down a speaker who is saying things which with they disagree. A whopping 17% -- almost 1 in…
The picture accompanying this post is of what some in the media describe as a "peaceful protest" in Kenosha. In reality, it is the bombing of a car to protest racism. I could just have easily chosen a picture of Portland, Seattle, Atlanta, New York City, Philadelphia ... and even a small city in my…
I just recently read this article in which William McGurn (who I had never heard of) reveals that he has become a first time gun owner. Since he looks to be my age (in his 60's) and I also recently fired a hand gun for the first time, I thought I'd explain why I took…
Pictured is a modern artist's rendition of the "Golden Age" Superman from the second book collecting his earliest adventures. I found volume two cheap at a discount store in my area, and I thought I'd give it a try so I could take a walk through comic book history. It was an interesting stroll. Lots…
Every Christmas -- though less often now -- secular Christmas music is played on the radio. Among these pieces is Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride. (I've linked to it on YouTube for your listening pleasure -- and I'll continue to do so throughout this post.) If you didn't know better -- and I suspect many people…
Having been on the planet for a while, I've had the occasional experience with the police. Some of those experiences have been positive, some less so. I thought it might be instructive to describe some of those experiences and what I learned from them. The Breakdown While one my way home driving down the interstate,…
In my last post (and some of my earliest blog posts -- books for boys, books for girls, and books to read aloud) I recommended books I thought were excellent or in danger of being forgotten. One book (The Black Book of Secrets) got it's own review because I liked it so much and thought…
The Kaleidoscope of Culture 