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Is civil discourse dead? Weakened from lack of use? Civil discourse may be hard to find these days, with uncivil conversations taking over on social media and elsewhere. But I want to believe that we can revive it, if we want … Read More
How do we hold a civil conversation with someone with whom we fundamentally disagree? How can we disagree without becoming disagreeable? However do we begin? If you’ve been paying attention over the past few months, these are not new questions. It used to be … Read More
Greed. One of the seven deadly sins. Are we as a culture down to only six? The quote above (and the fuller one, below) is from tRump’s The Art of the Deal. The only time in my life I didn’t … Read More
What better way to bring us back to the roots of this blog than a guest post on a foreign land? Pour yourself a cup ‘o and get comfy; we’re going to Wales. Here to guide us is Ruth … Read More
A few weeks ago, I posted my “Proposed Mission Statement” and asked for your feedback via Survey Monkey. I thank you for taking the time. Here is the latest draft; the question remains how to use it. (Not asking for … Read More
The official title is World Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day It comes on January 27 each year and was first established in 2005 through a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly. The date was selected in memory of the largest of … Read More
January 21, 2017 THE WOMEN’S MARCH ON WASHINGTON Unlike the Aral, Black, or Caspian, I landed upon this particular sea at Independence Avenue and 4th Street (SW) shortly after I got off the DC Metro at the Federal … Read More
Are you feeling outraged? Alarmed? Concerned? Curious? Depressed? In two days, the 45th President of the United States will take the oath of office. I will probably listen to the proceedings of the day on the radio, for I’ll … Read More
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States. It’s a national holiday (what Europeans refer to as a “bank holiday”) and as such schools, federal and state offices, and (yes) banks are closed. Today, you’ll find countless … Read More