A View from Behind the Curtain

               In a polarized world, we have chosen sides on almost all social issues. Of course, the debates are driven by the activists wh...

          We talk a lot this election season about democracy as if it is an absolute. I suspect it is because we have created a bipolar worl...

            What created President Trump? By all accounts, Donald J. Trump was happy being the center of attention in his empire, both in de...

This next election is really about the last eight years, or is it? Perhaps we need to go further back to understand the choices we’ve made a...

As we enter this new year, I thought I’d spend a few moments considering the issues of the day. Things political, social, natural, and relig...

               We, as a species, have a short memory of our past. It’s probably a genetic thing since the past really doesn’t affect us, exc...

As is our custom, we decorate our home every Christmas, and then place a small fire bowl outside where we sit and visit with neighbors who d...