Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Frank-ly Politics

  • Disappointed and Disgusted with Dinosaur Democrats

    I am a voter who increasingly is finding it hard to remain in the party to which I have identified for over 40 years. Yes, I am an older white…

  • American Folk Hero?

    Andrea Chalupa (whose former partner was Sarah Kendzior) has a podcast called Gaslit Nation. It should come as no surprise, it is a very liberal progressive show intent on saving…

  • Rolling Over, Playing Dead

    It has now been a little over a month since the election. The president-elect has been very busy with selecting his “nominees” for key cabinet positions. One, Matt Gaetz, has…

  • Surrounded by Sexual Predators

    The new cabinet is being worked out by the president-elect. As always, he is surrounding himself with the best, very fine people. Better than any cabinet ever assembled, and the…

  • It’s the Day After…

    There was a movie that came out in 1983 called The Day After. It was about what would occur if a nuclear bomb hit the United States. As one might…

  • A Hollow Holiday–Veterans Day

    Today was the day our nation honors our fallen hero’s, our Veterans, who fought in past wars defending democracy against global enemies, starting with those who died in World I. …

  • Democracy or Autocracy?

    We are finally at the end point. On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, we will begin to have an inkling of what kind of country we will be living in come…

  • It’s About Our Character, Not His

    First, let’s agree on at least this one premise. No political candidate is perfect. All candidates make campaign promises they don’t have the power to implement. There will always be…

  • Men, Ready for More Responsibility?

    At first I was thinking this might be geared more to Trumpist-Republican men since they are being supportive of candidate Trump. But the more I thought about it, I realized…

  • A Very Simple Question for Hurricane Survivors

    The simple question is, do you want to recover and live, or believe the lies and possibly die? The Republican candidate for president, Donald Trump, as we have seen time…

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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.