BARBOUR
The eco-conscious King Charles has worn his Barbour for decades, and Queen Elizabeth wore hers for 25 years, even refusing a new one offered to …
EDUCATION AND DEMOCRATIC RESPONSIBILITY
I have written several blogs about the relationship between education and democratic responsibility, both at the individual and political levels. I want look into this …
MENTAL HEALTH
Mental Health has become the latest convenient way of explaining social irresponsibility. I realize that such a comment will bring an avalanche of criticism down …
IRRESPONSIBLE POLITICIANS
I have written quite a few times about irresponsible politicians and what we, as the voting public in the United States, should do about it. …
MYRIAD OF WATERWAYS
The City of London has a myriad of waterways that empty into the River Thames. Old maps show a skein of rivers, streams, and brooks …
KEI MINI TRUCK
Kei mini truck is the name applied to small trucks, and I mean small, which are made mostly in Japan, and are designed to take …
DEBUNKING THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
Debunking the right to bear arms in the United States has been a consistent topic for my blogs ever since I started the site. I …
DICHOTOMY OF OPINION
There appears to be a dichotomy of opinion about the current state of the US economy, and it seems to result from the word “economy” …
USING THE MEDIA
A report this week on the Chinese Ambassador to France’s comments on the sovereignty of former Soviet Union countries made me think about how the …
GOLDEN FLEECE AWARD
The Iowa Legislature wins the next Golden Fleece Award for passing a law that re-establishes child labor. Even that thought is abhorrent, let alone the …