Should we pass reform because the system is irretrievably broken? Should we pass reform to get full coverage for the populace? Should we pass reform to gain control over costs and improve quality? These are all good reasons and are all relevant to the discussion regardless of one’s present view of the bill on the [...]
OK, so now texting while in the car is the major sin we as a society need to go after and legislate out of existence. It’s complete and utter horse hockey. I’ll admit it, I text while driving. Every single day. Multiple times per day. But it makes not a bit of difference in safety. [...]
Last year, I urged folks to make Memorial Day personal and wrote a piece about Bert LaRue, a man who served in the Pacific theatre in WWII and is interred at Golden Gate National Cemetery. This year, I thought I’d take a different tack and write about the USS Hornet (CV-8 & CV-12.) Recently, my [...]
Since I seem to be somewhat inarticulate these days on this site, I think I’ll ask the great Riley (aka Blues Boy aka B.B.) King to help me out. Watch this great video from 1970 in a studio session. Amazing to think that he had been playing for 21 years at this point and is [...]