Archive for the 'Fear' Category

Free, But…

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 […]

Toys, Lead and Buttons

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 […]

Memory and Survival

 
Don’t bemoan your failing memory as you age. It is to be expected and not necessarily totally as a result of age. When people are young, everything is new and interesting. Everyone has observed how small children take things apart to see what’s inside. It is the curiosity of the new experience that fixes our […]

No Revolution–yet

 
When I was a kid in junior high school I stocked shelves in a small neighborhood grocery store. The owner, Harry Levine, was a quiet, honest and wise man. I remember him telling me about his coming to America.
WWII had ended that summer and the Russians were occupying Eastern Europe as a reward for their […]

Creeping Socialism

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 […]