I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again- Why can’t we all just get along? Between folks who are poor sports when their teams lose (or win), folks who think someone not standing during the national anthem is a crisis, and folks who are very opinionated about their choice for the next President it seems like everyone is very… Read more »
Today is Individual Rights Day. Normally I save my “special day” post for later in the week, but this one feels so timely I had to talk about it in my weekly long post. Today we honor John Locke, a philosopher born in this day in 1632, who wrote extensively about the rights of each individual person that they earn… Read more »
The word “conspiracy” has been thrown around a lot lately. It used to be mostly by people who were a little excentric claiming cover ups of things like alien autopsies, who really shot JFK, and the whereabouts of Elvis Presley. But lately this term has been thrown around quite a bit in the political arena as well. Accusations are being… Read more »
Yes, it’s true. I have Olympic fever. Over the last 9 days I’ve watched handball, table tennis, badminton, water polo, synchronized diving, fencing, beach and indoor volleyball, swimming, gymnastics, cycling, sprint races and shot put. NONE of these are sports I ever watch outside of the Olympics. Two weeks ago I didn’t even know handball existed. But there’s just… Read more »
Today is the 4th of July. It’s a day for fireworks, picnics and American flags everywhere. Everyone is proud to be an American today, no matter where your political beliefs land on the spectrum. I am truly proud to be an American. Even with all our warts, I cannot imagine living anywhere else. I do believe that most Americans feel… Read more »
Yesterday the hubby and I watched the HBO movie “All the Way”, based on the play by the same name and starring Brian Cranston (aka the Breaking Bad guy) as Lyndon Johnson. The movie covers President Johnson’s struggles his first year in office to pass the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed segregation and the political landmines that bill caused him… Read more »
I’ve been seeing a lot of posts on Facebook lately stating Christians in America are being discriminated against. One post that’s been very popular lately goes like this: You wouldn’t demand a Jewish deli owner serve ham and cheese. You wouldn’t demand a Muslim caterer serve pork tenderloins. So why can you demand a Christian restaurants cater to same sex… Read more »
Last week my husband and I were fortunate enough to attend Bill Nye’s lecture at Drake University in Des Moines. Bill Nye is best known as the host of the 90’s kids show Bill Nye the Science Guy, but there is way more to him than that. He is the CEO of the Planetary Society. He has taught at Cornell… Read more »
Conspiracy theories are everywhere. Some (who really shot JFK??) have been around for decades and may never be totally solved. Some are brand new (did someone kill Justice Scalia?). Some make a little bit of sense (did Marilyn Monroe REALLY commit suicide?) and some, well, don’t (there are half alien half human beings all around us!). I don’t mind… Read more »
As I’m sure everyone knows, the Iowa Caucuses were held last night. That means that today our TV and radios here in Iowa are political ad free for the first time since last summer. Alas, the name calling and bad memes will continue on platforms like Facebook for the foreseeable future, but it’s considerable relief all Iowans nevertheless. So what… Read more »