Category Archives: Cultural Observations

Contemporary cultural issues of my time…

My Choice of Words

Rating 3.00 out of 5 [?]Original: 05/20/2005 I’ve been watching the way my kids and friends react when I say that we are in a war between righteousnessand unrighteousness. I’m pretty sure that they react as if I am making … Continue reading

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I Don’t Read Novels

Rating 3.00 out of 5 [?]Original – 03/12/2004 If you are reading this and can name the first American to walk in space then we probably have some things in common. Perhaps it is only our age that gives us commonality. … Continue reading

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America’s Worst Pretending Generation

Rating 4.00 out of 5 [?]  Original: April 2010 For a long time I have been trying to understand if my generation has contributed more to the deterioration of America than any other that has preceded it. Of course that question … Continue reading

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Did You Know?

Rating 3.00 out of 5 [?]  I think these YouTube videos are thought provoking. Watch both (in order) and see if you don’t agree. What happens to us when we are bombarded with statistics? What can we take away from this … Continue reading

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Word Battles

Rating 3.00 out of 5 [?]  Original: August 2004 I’ve been watching the way my kids and friends react when I say that we are in a war between righteousness and unrighteousness. I’m pretty sure that they react as if … Continue reading

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Some Words Simply Fade Away

Rating 3.00 out of 5 [?]  Original: May, 2004  I got to thinking about something. I was proof reading one of my ramblings where I was using words like ‘cell phone’ and ‘computer modem’. I realized that if my written … Continue reading

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Race -IZZEM

Rating 3.00 out of 5 [?]   Original: April, 2001 I proclaim that racism will always exist and here’s why. The majority of ALL people on earth have some feelings of inferiority. Not everyone can be like a famous glad-hander or … Continue reading

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This Pessimistic Old Man Rambles On

Rating 3.00 out of 5 [?]   Original: February, 2002 I don’t hold out much hope for the continuation of the American country that I’ve known for much of my life. What I mean is – it might not resemble the … Continue reading

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Inextricably Linked

Rating 3.00 out of 5 [?]Original: June 2001 I’ll start with the last bottle (jug, carton) of milk we bought. Can you imagine how many individual people are linked to that event? Here goes… The farmer (and all of his … Continue reading

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Civil War Trigger Mechanisms

Rating 4.00 out of 5 [?]  Original: August, 2001 What I’m going to blabber about this time is a civil war. Not ‘the’ Civil War of the 19th century but the one that is going to happen in the 21st … Continue reading

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