This is a good time to talk about polls and their effect on the politics that shapes the lives of us poor pawns. It was about two months ago that I heard something on TV that made me wonder about the average person on the street. Remember, the average person is the one who votes [...]
Once you cross the ‘line’- no matter which line, it becomes easier and easier to repeat that crossing- particularly if there are no consequences.
This applies to borders, to the decisions regarding honesty, to taking that pad and pencil from work or to behavior.
Lines are something like fences, but being invisible they are a lot easier [...]
I had not planned to get into this subject at the present time but events sometimes arise that push us in directions not of our choosing.
Today, there was a news article on the Internet from The Christian Science Monitor. It was an article written by Mackubin Thomas Owens who is Professor of National Security Affairs [...]
The most significant issue regarding children today is the possibility of children choking on small toy pieces and lead paint on toys. Parents are eager to start their children on literary and artistic careers early in life. There seems to be no problem with giving a 2 year old a box of colored pencils with [...]
We have heard over and over that there is no such thing as a ‘free lunch’. We, as a people, are losing our ability to survive on our own. We are all expecting the governments-local, state and federal to supply us with everything to make our lives comfortable. We are becoming dependent on someone else [...]
