Musings

Ever Wonder Why Hitler Had So Many Willing Followers? It is easy for Trump supporters to pronounce with authority that the media is attacking Trump with fake news. “No, they aren’t” is not a useful retort. In fact, if the person believes that in the first place, there is little that can be said in a brief reply. … Read more

I prefer to compartmentalize politics away from my writing. However, the current president and his supporting Republican Party is in the process of moving this country so far away from anything resembling a humanitarian nation that it seems a failure on my part for not speaking out. I recently posted this on my Facebook page: … Read more

Reason This brief essay is my effort to make sense of the gun ownership mentality. If you consider a liberal to be one who believes government is for people, rather than corporations or parties, and that every action must be considered in light of its effect on the wellbeing of people and protection of citizen’s … Read more