LOW-QUALITY OFFERINGS… (…emerging from a low-ball political barrel) As the primary phase of this year’s presidential election cycle draws to a close, it looks like we, the people, may have shot ourselves in our own feet. The intensity of our
June 4, 2016
QUIETLY CELEBRATING AN ANNIVERSARY… (…after fifty-two years of hard labor…for love) We’re not certain how we’ve managed it, but we’re quietly celebrating an anniversary…after fifty-two years of hard labor…for love. To what extent that has fulfilled our lives is hard
WHO IS BEST QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT… (…and what might those qualifications for it be?) There’s a lot of yammering going on right now about whether any of the currently proposed candidates for the Oval Office are “qualified” to be
POLITICISING WHAT SHOULD BE A NON-ISSUE (…seems to be much ado about nothing) Our country is in such a good shape that, from the President on down through various state legislatures, they apparently have nothing more serious to be concerned
THERE’S MORE OUT THERE THAN WE THOUGHT… (…like some 1284 other stars each with planets…some perhaps just like ours) It seems that researchers using NASA’s Kepler space telescope have concluded that just in our own galaxy…the Milky Way…there are some
PUERTO RICO…TREATED AS AMERICA’S STEP-CHILD… (…when it should be its Cinderella) The relationship between America and Puerto Rico has always been rather iffy. Ever since it was “acquired” as part of the spoils from the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico has
THE SILENT MAJORITY IS LOUDLY GROWLING ITS DISCONTENT… (through the extreme fringes in both parties…) If some folks feel like the 2016 presidential election cycle is shaping up as an “American Spring”…they may not be too far off the mark.