Today on the CBS Sunday morning show, a three tour American veteran, Master Sargent Travis Mills, spoke words of encouragement to other veterans and Gold Star families who may be feeling let down and disappointed at the way the war has ended. His speech was laced with...

The Ancient Greeks had a better system. The Founding Fathers did the best they could in a volatile atmosphere that required some less than palatable compromises. The result has been partisan bickering. Today the big money two-party media circus is threatening to tear...

It isn’t over yet. School in this county starts Tuesday, and no one under twelve has been vaccinated. Proposed for all vaccine and mask deniers: Smarten up! Get the vaccine and wear a mask in public. Listen to the science and change your behavior. Let’s get on the...

Eight points just for the J in Justice, not to mention the bonus for using all seven letters, makes Justice a fine play in Scrabble even if you can’t double or triple your score; but the value of the word in Scrabble is outweighed by any of its implied meanings. The...

You probably remember well a song from 1989, Wind of Change. The song was written about the changed political currents sweeping Russia at the time, and it became an anthem for the forces of democracy that took down the Berlin Wall in Germany. The song contains the...

As presented here for purposes of discussion   Ten Defining Traits: Willingness to help family and strangers including nurturing the young: Humanity’s dedication to nurturing the young is large, but not boundless. We often extend credit and assistance to adult...

The Jaycee Creed We Believe: That faith in God gives meaning and purpose to human life; That the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations; That economic justice can best be won by free men through free enterprise; That government should be of laws...

Weekly Thought Bomb #2   What is Critical Race Theory or CRT? Two of the writers and recent founders of CRT have said the following: CRT is "…a collection of critical stances against the existing legal order from a race-based point of view". (Roy L. Brooks,...

Juneteenth, it’s a funny name for a holiday, celebrating a day in June of 1865 when the institution of slavery was declared to be officially illegal in the remotest parts of the Confederate South after the bloody civil war. The war was over, and the final...

The Next Bipartisan Issue Amy Klobuchar is pushing for Antitrust Laws so large companies can't stifle startUps "Disruption is what we want in tech, we want new companies coming up," Klobuchar said. "Privacy and misinformation products have not been developed in the...