As I have gotten older I find that the concept of “being set in your ways” is mostly true. I find I am most comfortable if I have a routine that I follow. My days go better if I wake in the morning and fall into my routine without disruptions such as robo-calls, internet outage, …
I hate to think that I am going to start this Thanksgiving day with a rant, but yeah, that is what I am going to do. I know this is supposed to be a day of giving thanks for all the good things we have in our life. I am thankful, and I think we …
I cannot help but wonder what the results would be if one conducted a man on the street interview and asked the question “Why is July 4th a holiday?”. How many would respond that it is Independence Day? How many would even know what Independence Day is and why we celebrate it. We are the …
There is an old idiom about a bad penny and such seems to be the case about former Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffery Blackwell, who was fired as chief on September 9th, 2015. I believed that would be the end of my commentary on the matter with what I thought was a last post, but, like a …
Previously I have written about the plight of homeless veterans. I have referred to this as our Nation’s shame and I have stated that the word homeless should never be used as an adjective to describe a veteran. I still feel this way but I believe that the idea of veterans contemplating or committing suicide …