The Smallest Minority

Been awhile:

Considering the fact that I'm upright and still breathing, I have a lot of thanks to give.  I thank all of the people at Mayo who took c...

Every member of Congress, every elected official, and most Federal employees have to swear an oath before taking office. That oath requi...

Gerard Vanderleun at American Digest has written a very frightening post entitled " Civil War? If It Starts It Will Be Uglier Than Anyo...

From an LA Times Op-Ed by Burt Prelusky : Frankly, I don't know what it is about California, but we seem to have a strange urge to e...

Okay, this post is about how I can believe in the power of prayer and still remain a small "a" atheist. I am alive today, I am c...

Charles Krauthammer: "To understand the workings of American politics you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think ...

After following he Kavanaugh hearings I see both sides of the aisle do what they do best. Unfortunately what they do best has very little to...

Überpost alert!   It is something I've been studying and thinking about since 1993, and writing about here for 15 years, so there will b...

I posted this several years ago, but I thought it appropriate to repost with an update. And then there was Spain: Then London: ...

During my second, third hospital stay? my daugter set up a GoFundMe fundraiser, and - being cogent - I told her to take it down.  She did.  ...

I'm pretty damned sick, but I'm still kicking (weakly). So far I've had four hospital stays: Memorial Day through the followin...

Over at Quora, I answered the question " What do most Americans fundamentally misunderstand about the U.S. Constitution? " That ...

I knew that D.C. was corrupt, but I was unaware just how bad it actually is.  Elect someone new to Congress or the Senate?  They can't r...

When we were young of course we always wanted to change the world, and thought we could. But now I think we're smart enough to know w...

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I know Mike Lee is being promoted for the opening Supreme Court seat, but he's currently part of the (tiny) Republican majority in th...

So TV chef Anthony Bourdain recently committed suicide.  As to "why," there's very seldom any understandable reason.  I've...

On Saturday SUNDAY, June 3 a friend of mine who moved here from Australia wants to introduce anyone interested to his brother, who is the M...