Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Frank-ly Politics

  • Living Among Small Men

    Throughout the history of our great nation, there have been men, and women, who have stood out. They made hard decisions when it would have been simpler to take the…


  • Call It By Its Name

    Everyday we hear politicians, reporters, columnists, pundits, and others providing statements or talking points. Rarely do they actually say the words that are truly needed to convey what is occurring…


  • Addiction is Hard to Break

    As a society, we are addicted. We are addicted to celebrity news and sports teams even when we will never meet them, nor do they truly care about us other…


  • Remember


  • First They Came For…

    The alarm thankfully woke me this morning from a nightmare that has lingered long after waking up. I say nightmare, not dream, because it was about what had happened, and…


  • Apathy Will be the Death of Us

    It has been a few weeks since I last published a post. We had a recent move and I had to regroup to center myself in our new home. I…


  • No Kings Day II

    It is truly inspiring to see the pictures and videos posted of the No Kings Day II protests from around the nation, and the world. There are posts from small…


  • OMG! Grow Up and Wake Up!

    Every day our great country goes further down the fascist path. The Republican president is directing the Department of Justice, which used to be an independent agency, to go after…


  • Compromised

    Our great country is compromised! The Presidency is compromised. The Vice Presidency is compromised. The United States Speaker of the House is compromised. The United States Senate Majority Leader is…


  • The Democrats Are Going to Lose, Unless…

    Locally, Democratic candidates are outperforming in local special elections across the nation. This is good because politics really is local; states have more power over our lives than most people…


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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.