YOUTUBE: Davide Starey is a gruff philosophical guy who makes a serious point with a dry humor. This is a short worthwhile couple of...

I went to college at UC Santa Cruz. The overwhelming majority of students I met there had no connection to military life. There were...

Book: See Poverty....Make a Difference Donna Beegle---this is written by a motivational speaker whom I heard at a local fundraiser for...

Preface: Tres, my grandson, expressed an interest in the Alamo before he was very old. Kernie found an Alamo fort with soldiers to match...

“If Bill Clinton wins, we will have abortion on demand, a litmus test for the Supreme Court, homosexual rights, discrimination against...

If I were king of the world, I would make all Americans experience life in a third world country for at least a year. Secular humanist...

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The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth by THOMAS JEFFERSON I slavishly appreciated the Thomas Jefferson I learned of in history books...

We normally don’t think of doctors as victims. Whether you are in the medical field or not, if you have ever heard a doctor speaking of a...

Podcasts— The history of Rock in 500 Songs: #99, Surfin’ Safari by the Beach Boys and #100 Love me Do by the Beatles. A great series...

The concluding dinner in Milan, ending my first trip to Europe was delightful. It was 1997. We had wandered in the late afternoon from...

RAM ROTARY SPEECH 4/26/2022 Years ago, I gave a talk on safe travel to the third world. There was a way to structure what you need to...

Editorials: I Just Want My Kid to Learn Algebra. Does That Make Me a Culture Warrior? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/opinion/math-edu...

We live in a world where massage, like tattoos have taken on a commonly accepted presence—one with a clearly perceived value. When I was...

Recommendations 4/22 Schneider: Inside the New Data That Suggest American Education Still ‘Runs on ‘Lies’ https://www.the74million.org/ed...

A gifted logician, David Berlinski also has a dry sense of humor. This book explores trends in our society that from my perspective are...

Books: In Love by Amy Bloom—I have not read it but NYT review puts it on my to do list. Alpha by David Philipps—Engaging book the object...

Hand on the door, my Optometrist was leaving the room having reassured me that my lens prescription required no adjustment when I thought...

I once participated in a leadership program through Kaiser Permanente. I was joined by pairs of both medical and non-medical leaders from...