Autistic Appreciation

Since 2007, CBS has entertained us with Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, two Caltech physicists, and their friends and co-workers aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz, and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali, on The Big Bang Theory.  Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall, provides a foil to these brilliant oddballs, with hilarious results. More […] The post Autistic Appreciation […]

Trigger Warning

My beloved grandfather was a living History book. As a little girl, I would sit enchanted for hours by his tales of living through the Great Depression and fighting in World War II. He lived through events that were not easy for him to talk about, but, I am so grateful for the historical gifts […] The post Trigger Warning […]

A Veterans Day Reflection

Every single day should be Veterans Day.   These are the men and women who selflessly served this country to preserve our freedoms and to protect our citizens.  They leave their families, friends, jobs, etc. to answer a higher calling.  No one can fully understand the sacrifices our men and women in uniform and their families […] The post A Veterans […]

How Do You Drain the Washington Swamp?

or “What is the Establishment and Why is It a Corruption of Government’s True Purpose?”   by Jerome Huyler, PhD The Establishment: A broad array of special interests busy buying influence from pols of both parties, anyone willing to grant them special benefits, privileges, and immunities. It puts public power in the service of private, […] The post How Do […]

This Day in History – November 11

November 11 1050 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is born 1499 – Perkin Warbeck is executed for pretending to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York and threatening Henry VII’s newly established Tudor dynasty 1778 – William Butler leads Indians to attack and murder inhabitants of Cherry Valley, NY 1811 – Confederate General Benjamin […] The post This Day […]

Crowd Gathers To Stand With Israel and Reject UNESCO Resolutions

Over A Dozen Organizations Represented in March From Israeli Consulate to United Nations in NY Words of history, political and emotional connections to Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, the Kotel (Western Wall) and the Dead Sea Scrolls were emphasized by speaker after speaker on Thursday, November 10th. Jews and Non-Jews, young and old and people representing […] The post Crowd Gathers […]

America Welcomes a Barron

After over a half a century of only female children in the White House, Barron Trump will be the first “first son” since John F. Kennedy Jr. From heavy.com:  “Barron is 10 years old and stays out of the spotlight much more than his older siblings given his young age. There is a 24 year […] The post America Welcomes […]

The Media is Stunned after Trump Victory

Donald Trump stunned the media and millions of Americans when he beat Hillary Clinton in a landslide. Many media outlets are puzzled as to how Trump won the election after many polls indicated otherwise. This has led many to wonder where the nation’s pollsters went wrong. Courtney Kennedy, director of survey research at the Pew Research […] The post The Media […]