What Do I Know?

That wasn't the original title, but as I started writing, it just seemed more apt.   This post is about two videos - one by Senator Chri...

Intro:  Civil Service and Merit System are terms most Americans have heard, but I'd guess that few could tell you, very accurately, wh...

[Overview:  The key here is the video.  Find 30 minutes to watch/listen.  It puts lots of important things into place.  The rest of the post...

1.   Happy New Year seems inappropriate as we enter 2025 .  Yes, enter, like we are going into a different space.  Where the traditional rul...

[UPDATES:   Here's the link to the second post on this topic .  The Nov 3 UPDATE is at the bottom of the original article] Overview :  I...

This is an important interview by Brian Taylor Cohen, one of the brightest and most articulate commentators (I want to say on the air, and h...

I've avoided posting about the Israeli-Gaza war for a number of reasons. (The one exception is this post recommending folks watch the B...

[There are so many forces and issues intertwined.  Every day there are new shocking reports to support one thing or another that I argue her...

 I can understand readers here who think I'm spending way too much time on the new Twitter alternative startup Spoutible.   But hear me ...