just a marine

The coming Global Superstorm This title borrows a title from a decade old book, but things are much worse than just a mother nature natural...

Our unique American culture I still think we are a melting pot. That, and time, has made us unique. I have been around the world, like in ...

The power of ideas Powerful ideas are different from political, economic, or religious beliefs, which are influential in their own right. On...

The happiness factor This post is about how to think, mostly what is important to you, and your Family, to include your influence on your F...

The power of spices I like 'em in cooking, but that is just my preference. Mostly I like the combinations that don't have much sodi...

A difficult subject to talk about The subject is Negros in America. I am also prejudiced by my Marine Corps experience. There are many Ne...

We still want change I think our present Federal President hasn't delivered. Here's a sub from Victor Davis Hanson: At some poi...

Idealism versus practicality This post is mostly about how much I like public electricity, and all the wonderful widgets it powers and bene...

Trust and faith in our Federal President We have a crummy Federal President. There, I've said it again. Now even I can distinguish bet...

Time and money seems to sort out most things This is just my latest report from the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. My latest charity fai...

We Americans are different from the rest of the World And what does that mean for the next few years? As a start I think mutts, the old fa...

Can a country be "run down"? There are obviously two points of view. One is yes, and one is no. The reason I pose this question ...

Just wondering some more Why is the federal government even involved in local schooling for our parents' decisions about their children...

What a waste of American brain power Been there...done that. I've lived and worked in Atlanta, Atlanta University, and Washington, D.C....

The value of schooling I suspect all of us have been educated sometime earlier. It could have even been public or private schooling. Even ...

Does it bother you that... The USA seems to be having a lot of crises recently, like in the recent past. The latest "crisis" I r...

Thinking ahead Using hindsight is easy. Forecasting the future where you live is a lot tougher if you want to be comfortable with your gues...

Are we ever different A Chinese worker at a construction site falls off of the bamboo scaffolding to the ground, and lives, though inju...

Stream of consciousness Most in the new world USA people still expect a rosy future. Now that might be a easy future, but many also hop...

The beginning of the future This idea is pretty simple. The present adults in the USA are no longer in charge. Amplifying this idea is ...