Ode to Joy

Ode to Joy

Even if you are not a fan or say you hate symphonies, you should express appreciation for Ode to Joy. Beethoven was a prodigy as a boy, but he also wrote great music, like the 4th. and last movement of his 9th. Symphony, late in life when all but completely deaf. He...
Christmas Present 2021

Christmas Present 2021

How do you like my Christmas card this year? You see those beautiful snowy woods behind me? Doesn’t it remind you of that poem by Robert Frost? “The woods are lovely, dark, and deep….” Remember that one? You know, Christmas is less than a week away! Ho! Ho! Ho! As my...
Opinion From a Former Judge

Opinion From a Former Judge

First advisor and Step-brother Gary, came across something interesting and intending to give his friends a smile, sent out Opinion from a Former Judge via Text. At the risk of looking a gift horse in the mouth, some research ensued. The originating source of...
My True Designation

My True Designation

In an online debate about the meaning of the word liberal, I found myself typing back and forth with another participant. He had read Mark Levin, a commentator who is a couple of big steps above a lot of the conservative bloviators lurking around the infosphere. Mr....