Aug 25Pondering Donald TrumpI have been puzzling for years over the motivation behind Donald Trump’s actions. Why would anyone act so dreadfully against his own country, threaten its survival as a nation, and undermine the wellbeing of its citizens? In most of the settings in which I have worked during my career as…Trump3 min readTrump3 min read
Jul 26Review of Mad Honey: A Novel by Jody Picoult and Jennifer Finney BoylanReview of Mad Honey: A Novel by Jody Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan I am currently working on a writing project to do with transgender issues. A friend suggested this book to me. I started reading it that night and just finished it. The book is about a transgender person but about much more as well. The story gives very good insight into…Book Review2 min readBook Review2 min read
Jun 17Exploring and Understanding Human SexualityImage courtesy of Pixabay My experience has been that people often violently hate or reject what they don’t understand or what makes them feel threatened or even uncomfortable. I would like to offer some clarity about understanding human sexuality and its variations. How many people choose their sexual identity or…Exploring3 min readExploring3 min read
Jun 10Abortion and SensibilityFactions among our population appear obsessed with abortion. At least no one is calling for the death of those receiving or performing abortions as in some other countries. The Guttmacher Institute (guttmacher.org) offers the following statistics: In the United States, there were 930,000 abortions in 2020. By contrast, there were…Abortion4 min readAbortion4 min read
May 30Recognizing Paths to SuicideImage courtesy of Pixabay The number of suicides in this country is higher than the number of murders. We do not hear as much about them as we do about murders. Suicide is generally a private affair and not brought to the attention of the media. There is no one…Suicide3 min readSuicide3 min read
May 26Understanding Mass MurderImage courtesy of Pixabay I have been puzzling about the constant and increasing rash of mass shootings over the past few years. A few issues contributing to this occurred to me. Most obvious is the flood of weapons of mass destruction in our country. These weapons are designed to kill…Understanding3 min readUnderstanding3 min read
May 17Questioning ViolenceImage courtesy of Pixabay Ridding the country of the scourge of mass shootings has so far remained a desperate wish for our society. Yet we are not working together to make it happen. We would welcome solutions but have not yet understood the problem, particularly with regard to motivation of…Bullets2 min readBullets2 min read
Apr 15The End of HumanityMark O’Connell wrote an article in the New York Review of Books called Hastening the End. His article was a review of Adam Kirsch’s book, The Revolt Against Humanity: Imagining a Future Without Us. The review starts with the question, “If humanity were to disappear from the earth, what would…Earth2 min readEarth2 min read
Mar 30What Are Friends For?I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar. ~Robert Brault~ I was thinking the other day that we tend to take friends for granted. …Friends3 min readFriends3 min read
Mar 26Woke, Asleep or Clueless?Manny Otike recently wrote an article in Democracy Guardian, GOP’s Antiwoke Jihad is Lazy Politicking. Republicans of an antagonistic bent have taken to casting anyone with liberal leanings into their imagined barrel of idiots, worshiping “wokism” as they they do with adherents of Critical Race Theory. Let’s make sure we…Woke2 min readWoke2 min read
