This is a partial answer to the question: “Why do we get so worked up about stuff – like elections?” In Denmark, residents happily pay top dollar in taxes for “free” services from the government. In the U.S., dirt-poor farmers bristle at paying taxes for anything beyond a military that provides for the common defense. […]
Read More →The unexpected dinner guest, for me, is a six-foot drag queen with two-inch eyelashes and head-to-toe body glitter. But first some background. In 1967, Spencer Tracey and Katherine Hepburn welcomed their daughter and fiancé home for dinner only to discover that the young man was black – a “shudder” mixed-race couple in the movie “Guess […]
Read More →The death of Supreme Court Justice Scalia hasn’t changed the U.S. Constitution, the role of the president or the duties of the U.S. Senate. Governmentally, it’s a non-issue. It has, however, changed politics, which is too often confused with government. They’re different beasts – lovers caught up in a dysfunctional relationship. As a result of […]
Read More →People who proudly judge each candidate without regard to political party take morally correct steps that lead to failing results. But independent voters: It’s not you, it’s them. Your common-sense approach to weighing the issues and each candidate’s stance sounds so very right, so very American, so very democratic. However, if the entire system is […]
Read More →The average I.Q. is 100, which means 50 percent of Americans have an I.Q. of 99 or below. That’s not an insult to half the U.S. population – the I.Q. test creators decided that 100 would be the mean number for average intelligence. Where are these not-so-smart people, we ask. Where do they hide? And […]
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