PinnedSomething Strange is Happening in AmericaWho Will Save the World? Americans have truly morphed into something rather odd. Have you noticed? The 21st century used to sound so space agey. I never believed that I’d live to see it. What a disappointment it has been so far. I expected to experience a Star Trek world…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
PinnedI’m a Boomer. This is How I Remember the Silent Generation and The Greatest Generation.This morning I engaged in a brief online dispute with a much younger person, possibly a millennial, about the damage boomers have done to their world. Afterwards, my husband refreshed my memory about our own good old bad old days. Hey, thanks! …History9 min readHistory9 min read
PinnedMost People Will Never Understand Evangelicals and That’s the DangerUnless you’ve been a member of an evangelical group, preferably grew up in this dire situation, you’ll never understand how they think. Never. It’s impossible. It’s like asking someone who’s never jumped out of an airplane to describe the feeling of jumping out of an airplane. They can’t. …Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
15 hours agoWhy Do Countries Hate Immigrants?The World Needs a Humane Plan for the Future So here we are, AGAIN … The world is hating on immigrants. A new fresh round of right-wing devotees are springing up all over the world and immigrants are at the top of their hate lists. Not that life was ever…Future4 min readFuture4 min read
3 days agoWhy Do So Many People Love Authoritarian Leaders?The West is Trending Right Once upon a time, when I was in Spain for the winter months, something strange happened to me. This took place about ten years ago. I’ve been wintering in Spain for 17 years. At the time, I considered the above small white village in the…Culture4 min readCulture4 min read
5 days agoHow Would Modern Humans Respond to Noah’s Dire Warnings?Human Nature Is Pretty Predictable I’m not religious nor a believer in holy books of any kind, but there are a few stories in these old tomes that sound eerily familiar. There’s just enough truth in certain stories to make it clear that humans, down through the ages, are sabotaged…Humanity5 min readHumanity5 min read
May 30We are Who We AreThis is Me I’m a professional myth buster. I write about cultural expectations and how much control they have over our lives, far more than laws ever will. All cultures pass on a worldview to the next generation that doesn’t make it easy to be who we were born to be. That’s a…Culture3 min readCulture3 min read
May 28What’s Even More Controversial Than Being Pro Choice?Choosing to Not Have Children in the First Place Consider this: If your parents weren’t like many parents I knew back in the day, congratulations. If you remember the good old days differently than I do, then maybe you were lucky. Before I get started with this piece, let me…Culture10 min readCulture10 min read
May 22I Am a Citizen of the WorldWorld Problems Require Collaboration Thomas Paine was a man ahead of his time. If you think the other founding fathers were enlightened, you gotta read Thomas Paine’s ideas. The world still hasn’t caught up with his progressive goals. I discovered Paine one year while caring for a house on the…Humanity7 min readHumanity7 min read
May 16Birthing Babies Without a PlanThe Human Species and Their Myths and Illusions Do you ever wonder why we celebrate the birth of a new child when we do such a poor job of taking care of the children we already birthed? Don’t get me wrong, I get the science behind the instinct to procreate…Social Issues5 min readSocial Issues5 min read
