Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Being Frank About Life

  • Four Systems of Justice Now

    We all know there have been three systems of justice in the U.S. for a very long time. There was the system for the rich and powerful, the system for…


  • Special Event This Evening

    Special event for my band kid tonight. Be back tomorrow with the topic of justice.


  • The Absence of Leaders

    It is sad to live in an age when our elected “leaders” do not lead as expected, not as needed. We are in the middle of a pandemic, an economic…


  • I Miss Snow

    As a child, and as an educator, I loved snow days. Every time it began to snow at night, or waking up to it snowing, I always hoped for a…


  • “We’re in a national emergency, and it’s time we treated it like one.”-President Biden

    Finally the words we all needed hear, and a President who believes these words, is taking action towards helping the American people, and isn’t holding back in calling out the…


  • Are the Democrats Battle Ready? (Repost from November 16, 2020)

    The trumplicans/Republicans are already stepping back into their old habits. Will we also see the Democrats stepping back into their old habits? The Democrats have a mandate. Biden/Harris won handily…


  • Cognitive Dissonance

    Are you feeling it too? A bit of disorientation right now with the change in presidential administrations. There is a lot of cognitive dissonance happening for many of us. Think…


  • Tomorrow

    What will tomorrow hold? Will it be a historic momentous occasion with the 46th President sworn in along with his Vice President, the first woman, and the first person of…


  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    “We must face the hard fact that many Americans would like to have a nation which is democracy for white Americans but simultaneously a dictatorship over Black Americans.” Dr. Martin…


  • Unity?

    The supporters and spreaders of the Big Lie are now shouting loudly, and often, from the rafters, “We must have Unity!” Never mind they, the trumplicans, are attempting to circle…


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These are the inner wonderings and thoughts of a middle-aged man who happens to be a father, husband, grandfather, friend, brother, son, and thinker.