Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Frank-ly Politics

  • Dumb, Corrupt, or Both?

    This tweet came across my feed yesterday: This is not the first time a tweet of this sort has shown up on my feed, but it is the first time…


  • “Pray for the End of Abortion”

    While driving through a rural area of my state, I saw a sign on the lawn of a house. The sign said, “Pray for the end of abortion.” We all…


  • Why the Hate (and Ignorance)?

    Hate has been on my mind this week. With the war between Israel and Hamas, the continued invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the election of the new Speaker of the…


  • Collective Guilt, Collective Bias

    The Middle East has been on my mind, as I’m sure on many minds, the past couple of weeks (and in many ways, years). Other than the obvious, what has…


  • Anyone Holding Their Breath?

    If anyone out there is holding their breath right now, you should probably let it go as we’ve been down this road before. What road you might be asking? It’s…


  • Nothing New in Politics

    As much as most of us would like for politics to be improving all of our lives, it seems for some of us that is not the case. Look to…


  • Traveling Again

    Traveling again to attend my nephew’s dedication (christening). So off to bed early to be able to be wide awake for it tomorrow morning. Happy Saturday everyone.


  • Joe Biden, Good for Democracy?

    Joe Biden was on fire during the State of the Union on Tuesday! One could see he was in his element once he got warmed up. There were a few…


  • Education is Political

    It is interesting how many educators don’t make the connection of what we do to the politics of the day. This week I attended the ESEA conference. The main focus…


  • The Fox is in the Hen House

    We’ve all heard this term before. It feels lately like this is what has happened to our government and institutions. Trump leaves office with classified and highly classified documents. The…


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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.