Thoughts and commentary from the non-“Politically Correct” perspective.
This is an incredible cover of one of Simon & Garfunkel’s best (in my humble opinion) songs - “The Sound of Silence”. I had never heard of this group - Pentatonix - I don't know WHERE I've been! Here's a link to a video of their performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdVjVtpr55M (just skip the ads) Pentatonix, Covering Simon…
One of the basic principles of our democracy is freedom of the press. I've written about it before, because it is a bedrock of our democracy. The principle is intended to protect and encourage an honest, unbiased press, reporting facts, not opinion. The intent is to help the citizens understand what is happening in our own…
I'm not so old that I can't remember my elementary school education. In school, kids are taught "English" - which includes spelling and vocabulary. They learn that there is a correct way to spell and use words, what their meanings are, and how to use them so that people can communicate easily, without too much…
You may not be old enough to remember when there was a limited amount of news reporting on TV. The hour-long "nightly news" was our source for world and national news. Of course, if you wanted more in-depth reporting, there was the New York Times and the Washington Post. Back then, we had broadcasters who…
Wow - what a year it was! 2020 was like no other year I can remember. What do you think, will 2021 be better? I sure hope so. There was so much going on that I thought I'd try to recap the some of the important events - and as I was doing that, I…
I realize it has been a long time between blogs this time. Why? Well, frankly, it’s mostly because I’m so tired of being outraged. It has really worn me down. I see “peaceful protests” turn to riots and I'm outraged; I see police being vilified, ‘defunded’, and even killed by angry mobs, and I’m outraged;…
Sometimes we say things we don't mean, and sometimes we say things we didn't mean to say. There's been a lot of that from our politicians. The speakers are often forgiven as simply ‘mis-speaking’ but I believe that many of these are reflections of what they really believe, deep down inside. There’ve been so many…
. . . And The Battle Begins I had originally Planned to write an entirely different blog, but as often happens, events overcame my intentions. Ruth Bader Ginsberg has died at 87, after serving on the Supreme Court for 27 years. She had been extremely ill for a very long time, fighting metastatic pancreatic cancer.…
Life as a retiree on the beach is great. I have time to pursue interests that I never had time for before. I can do my own research. I watch both CNN and FOX News, read the reporting and compare it to actual footage when I can, try to understand the facts about the horrific…
We recently watched the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race itself was as exciting as ever, even though the favorite didn’t win. The Derby has been run every year since 1872, through two World Wars, the Great Depression, and extreme racial and civil unrest, but has been postponed only twice – once in…
The Confused Conservative 