Take a Deep Breath and…..
I better be telling myself this more often….self-induced stress is pretty foolish….”just breathe deeply and refocus, Linda”. This need is apparent because my tendency to fall back in to naivete seems...
View ArticleI’m Just Guessing….
I’m just guessing, but I sure hope somebody figures it out soon. Maybe if we get the explanation, we can follow up with a solution. So..for one thing…we have a young man quite able enough to get in to...
View ArticleIs it the Facts or Is it Which Way the Wind is Blowing?
In the light of ongoing disagreements about how people deal with social challenges, poverty and varying forms of racism in particular, I feel compelled to review an article in a recent issue of The...
View ArticleBobbing in the Brain
Since a group of women including myself decided to blog about our personal experiences and views on working toward peace from the perspective of being both US citizens and voters and world citizens as...
View ArticleYemen, Beautiful People, Tortured Country
What do I know about Yemen? So very, very little indeed. To my recollection, I first met Yemeni immigrants 6 or 7 years ago when some of my neighborhood convenience stores were owned and staffed by...
View ArticlePersonal, Painful, and Pertinent
Today I am going to write largely from personal experience and perspective even though my thinking says it would be better to address some of today’s issues where I believe the principles of progress...
View ArticleWho Are We?
I am certainly concerned that we keep studying and talking about diplomacy…especially where the Mideast is concerned. I am certainly determined that we continue to discuss better ways for ethnic...
View ArticleCrisis?
Yes, almost all of you have seen or heard some type of report about the refugees now clamoring to get into countries such as Germany from many places in Asia and Africa. Some even have the hope that...
View ArticleI Agree..it is Hard to Recognize this Country
I agree it is hard to recognize this country sometimes…although I don’t think I say this for the same reasons that Republican candidate Scott Walker has said this. I am not talking about a variety of...
View ArticleHow Big a Bigot Am I….a Big One, a Little One, Not One?
Probably for me the answer to the title question is “all three” depending somewhat on which group we are talking about and on what stage of my life we refer to. I began writing on the topic as I...
View ArticleWhat Values do we Teach?
I was struck recently by an AP article that said a significant majority of individuals incarcerated in the military prison system are not only folks convicted of child abuse but specifically convicted...
View ArticleWords as Weapons
Yeah, I know, this is not an original idea. However, there is a certain term commonly in use in modern current affairs that seems to have exceptional power…and not so much for the good. I am talking...
View ArticleFrantic or Frenzied
I seem to have a tough time choosing a topic for this week’s post. There is so much being said just now about the primary campaign…especially with respect to the Republican candidates and so much...
View ArticleWhen Censorship is Really Tempting
Before I launch into the topic at hand, I want to wish one and all a lovely holiday week….celebrating or not, however you wish and for whatever reason you wish. I like to take the opportunity at this...
View ArticleLiving to Trade
Yes, we have many challenges to our democracy and to the civility of our social life in America. Still, I simply cannot decide whether we are worse off today than we were in many eras of the past or...
View ArticleRolling my eyes…Not in sarcasm but in wonder
There’s a lot to figure out…out there. I am moved by the public attention garnered by the Iraq Veterans Against the War demonstrating against the belligerence of some of our candidates for high...
View ArticleLiving History
Yes, of course, I have already been alive for significant historical events…..such as the death of FDR, the election of Harry Truman over Thomas Dewey, Vietnam War, the murders of three great American...
View ArticlePatterns and Personalities Leading to Dystopian Results
I make the claim often that I don’t like to be political in the partisan sense in my posts. True. Today I will discuss various political approaches that seem to have negative results. Pretty much...
View ArticleCertain Irrelevancies
Mnnn..yes, it is human nature for individuals and groups of individuals to have different priorities. So I certainly respect the desire of many to watch sitcoms when I might like the crime dramas....
View ArticleThe Vision
It is said that former Senator Ted Kennedy made the following comment at the funeral of his assassinated brother, presidential nominee Robert Kennedy: Some men see things as they are and say, Why? I...
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