View From Here: Peace in the Middle East?

View From Here: Peace in the Middle East?: Today’s title is not meant to be a come on. It is a serious question. How can peace come to the Middle East ?  I have a few ideas bouncin...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: I am a fan of Carl Sagan (1934-1996), the late American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science guru overall. He brou...

View From Here: Being Different – 2

View From Here: Being Different – 2: Yesterday’s blog was about being different in the context of mid teen youth enrolled in a rehab program for underage use of alcohol and d...

View From Here: Being Different

View From Here: Being Different: I was in a special group AA meeting the other day. This one reserved for young teens caught for underage drinking and drug use. Actually,...

View From Here: Friends – Real Ones

View From Here: Friends – Real Ones: Amanda McRae is an activist championing women’s reproductive rights and other human rights interest areas. She provides our opening quota...

View From Here: Net Neutrality

View From Here: Net Neutrality: This term needs explanation so we know what we are talking about.  Net Neutrality is the term being used in Congress and FCC (Federal C...

View From Here: Thank You Mr. President

View From Here: Thank You Mr. President: When I was a kid in the 1940’s and early 1950’s, it was the norm to address our elected officials with terms of respect. Reporters and fe...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: A simple and short thought today: “Why is it that if you take advantage of a corporate tax break you’re a smart businessman, but if...

View From Here: March of Thoughts

View From Here: March of Thoughts: Like a parade, time marches on. So do ideas, history, discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and so forth. Here’s a  modest collection of ...

View From Here: Bits ‘N Pieces

View From Here: Bits ‘N Pieces: A soft day today to clear out a few thoughts.  Hopefully most are fun and light. Most of these are off the Internet.  First, “H...

View From Here: Global Dynamics

View From Here: Global Dynamics: The dynamics of an era are interesting to think about. Not all are in the public’s  consciousness. Our era, for example, might be thought...

View From Here: Just When I was Hoping…

View From Here: Just When I was Hoping…: A national poll was recently taken by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News. They asked the public which president in the past 25 years th...

View From Here: Iraq Debacle

View From Here: Iraq Debacle: After 9/11 American troops chased after Osama Bin Laden into Afghanistan . This action was a visible response to the horrific attack in t...

View From Here: Iraq Debacle

View From Here: Iraq Debacle: After 9/11 American troops chased after Osama Bin Laden into Afghanistan . This action was a visible response to the horrific attack in t...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: I wracked my brain for a quote to use today, you know, one you can ponder over the weekend?  Well, I scanned the news items, reviewed t...

View From Here: Immigration

View From Here: Immigration: The building blocks of America throughout its history have been immigration.  Ask any historian. Don’t ask politicians. They hate immigr...

View From Here: Basic Rethinking

View From Here: Basic Rethinking: Today we will visit three quotes that stand on their own for logic and truth.  In our complicated world and fast paced lives, logic and t...

View From Here: Feelings

View From Here: Feelings: Mood lifts with a sunny day. Drops on a gloomy, cloudy day. Sometimes the mood pops upward with a beautiful snowfall but drops with a dri...

View From Here: Hero or Deserter?

View From Here: Hero or Deserter?: Is Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl a deserter, hero, or victim of the Afghanistan war? Who is to know? Who has all the answers to these questio...

View From Here: A Good Start to Monday

View From Here: A Good Start to Monday: A brief post today. It begins with a quote from Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), the noted British philosopher and logician: “The whol...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: At the beginning of Summer we have great expectations. This past week marked the 70 th anniversary of D-Day so our recent times have h...

View From Here: D-Day and Birthdays

View From Here: D-Day and Birthdays: June 6 th is D-Day – the invasion of the Normandy coast of France to defeat German defenses there – in 1944. 70 years ago today. One...

View From Here: Gun Culture

View From Here: Gun Culture: I don’t want to make a fuss about this issue. Enough has been said about it already! But a few things still need to be said. Here they ar...

View From Here: Something Beautiful

View From Here: Something Beautiful: It’s a beautiful day to celebrate others. And to remember those who have died, long ago or recently.                                     ...

View From Here: What’s News?

View From Here: What’s News?: Saturday, May 31 st the MSN website news headlines broke down into these categories: News   3 Cultural 6 (2 Kardashian items) So...

View From Here: Art

View From Here: Art: I got a call from a reporter last Friday. She was cooperating with a countywide charitable organization associated with investing endowme...