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The Gerrymander   Some time ago I posted a blog on gerrymandering, primarily sharing the history.  This blog addresses the challenges and im...

 I confess that I place taking better care of our planet on a higher level than many people do...maybe more than most.  I think that it is a...

  Most of us are familiar with 2001, a Space Odessey, but we may not realize how many other films have also involved Androids who became a c...

 A few years ago, I blogged about AI.  I was concerned about kids using it to cheat on assigned compositions.  I bemoaned the impact of arti...

What really matters!     I have written often about Presidents, but far less often about the Presidents' wives.  Many things impact the ...

Do we face a setting sun? In a recent editorial in The Atlantic, David Brooks wrote "Today we live in a world in which many, if not mos...

 When I was young, our family tradition was for my father's family to gather at the farm.  My father had inherited the home where he and...

Thomas Paine  It is important to remember that the American colonies began by fighting for rights, not separation from England.  When those ...

 I have mentioned Teddy Roosevelt in other blogs, but I want to share what a monumental influence he left, things we do not always think of ...

   A quote from John Adams:  Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.  It is wholly inadequate to the government of ...

  The way we choose our Presidents is sometimes less than logical.  I recalled the day an intelligent, thoughtful young women made a comment...

Mark Twain was a master of words.  Am I the only one who has noticed increasing vulgarity in everyday speech?   This blog looks at changes i...

Thomas Jefferson was only 14 when his father died, and he inherited the responsibility of the family estate.  In his youth he had studied La...

 Over the years, I have had reasons to admire various Presidents, but Lincoln always impresses me.  What a challenge he faced.  But he never...

A reader responded with the following words:        The problem is that many school districts do not require a basic course in civics.  Back...

  A few weeks ago, I posted a diagram of how our government works.  You may want to return to that blog to review the diagram; however, I ho...

Billie Blair's article about the local protest in Pratt Kansas included Pat Schwarts's Gandhi quote:  "Make injustice visible....

Memorial Day is just around the corner, but for many Americans its purpose is forgotten.  For them, it is a celebration of Summer's arri...

  Search for Accuracy Recently I came upon this statistic:  "Internationally the U.S. ranks 125th for literacy.  Fifty four percent of ...

 It is no wonder that I have run out of space for proper storage in my closets and cupboards.  The explanation is that I save too much, and ...

  Harry Reasoner Those of you who follow my blog know my respect for Walter Cronkite, who is generally regarded as the Greatest News Caster ...

   I have quoted Albert Einstein's remark about the importance of reading to young children, and when asked what else he would suggest, ...