Does anyone really think vaccinations numbers are now going to increase just because the Government has approved the vaccine? Get Real. I’d say “don’t make me laugh” but it’s not funny. The “unofficial” status of the Covid-19 vaccinations has probably never stopped a single soul who actually wanted the vaccine…

Would it be THAT bad to just let them self-destruct? Hear me out on this, folks. As a junior officer in the military, I was blessed to have several seasoned vets act as mentors for me. One of my favorites, a crusty old LTC on the verge of retirement, once heard me go on (at length) about how impossible I…

Because this country has made a LOT of bad choices. Photo by Andersen Jensen on Unsplash Hey!! Anyone out there remember that whole “slavery” thing? Yeah, quick review for those of you who (understandably) have forgotten it, because it’s such a rare thing anymore. About 165 years ago this country…

The last change to Medium is the straw that broke this camel’s back. Just yesterday, March 25 2021, Medium announced it was shifting…again…its business model. And this time, it’s for all the wrong reasons, in my humble opinion. Quick and dirty summation: Medium wasn’t making enough money by allowing publications to thrive and grow, plus individual publications were encouraging (GASP!) …

The GOP has reached a new all time low in refusing to take responsibility for their own actions with their standing ovation for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s whining crybaby excuse. It’s not often you seen a political party destroy one of its own founding principles with an endorsement of one speech…

Here’s the cure. “If there are any ills that democracy is suffering from today, they can only be cured by more democracy.” — Noted virologist Alfred E. Smith Friends: Do you suffer from too much stress? Are your friends and acquaintances starting to worry about you? Do you even have…

How I learned to view Academics and the academic world with a jaded eye. Sometimes, Life Lessons come at you from such an oblique angle, you don’t realize you even learned anything until years later. When I was a sophomore in college way (WAY) back in the day, I took…