A Human Quiz
Here’s a quiz:
Please define the group about which this paragraph refers.
Time Travel to 1940
Tonight, for the first time, I wandered through the 1940 Census on Ancestry.com to find my dad and mom among the many names and addresses listed.
Unifying Questions
I wish I could say that this post would answer all our questions plaguing our country right now. It won’t. What this post hopefully will offer is a design for unifying our legislative and ideological process more efficiently.
Neurocracy in America
America is not moving from a democratic republic to an autocracy or theocracy, socialism or any other known form of government. The form of government we see looming on the horizon is much worse.
When Depression Strikes
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one-quarter of all adults in the United States are diagnosed with one or more mental disorders. That’s 75 million people.
An Epidemic of Xenophobia in America
Those who exhibit these xenophobic qualities also are found to have a negative correlation to empathy, tolerance, communality, and altruism. Do we see those qualities exhibited in national politics today? If so, how?
Changing of the Guard… Again
We understand that until America celebrates, not tolerates, all its citizens, we still have work to do.
A Match, A Friend, A Sister
I figured that if I lived into my 70s or 80s, I might have to watch my siblings pass away. It wasn’t likely though considering my health and that I’m the eldest. It hasn’t worked out that way, though. I lost my brother, David, when I was 46. Yesterday, I buried Miriam who is like [...]
State of the Union 2012
At our best, we are a unified nation that allows for dissent, but always remembers that we all have one flag. We do not compartmentalize the red stripes from the white stripes, the stars from the blue field. It is one flag.
Funny Ladies
It’s hard to imagine that this country’s funniest women have become not only icons, but grand matriarchs of comedy.
