View From Here: Genius at Work?

View From Here: Genius at Work?: Did the title get you? Do you know what it means? Let me provide some hints. Newscasts depress me. If I let them, they would succeed ...

View From Here: Mixing Past and Present

View From Here: Mixing Past and Present: As a retired person I have time to think. And I do. At times, however, past and present mingle in ways that suggest no passage of time. ...

View From Here: Ben Carson Ascending

View From Here: Ben Carson Ascending: Yes, quiet Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon and now republican presidential candidate, has finally broken from the pack and garnered poll...

View From Here: What Concerns Us

View From Here: What Concerns Us: I suppose some of you will lament my pulling this theme forward once again. But I have to share with you my frustration: the public appea...

If We Had Voices: Having pondered it for a week, Farnsworth isn't bu...

If We Had Voices: Having pondered it for a week, Farnsworth isn't bu...

View From Here: A Boy Named Tom

View From Here: A Boy Named Tom: Long ago, maybe 40 or 50 years ago, a nine year old boy struggled with school. He was interested in math but it wasn’t easy for him. Scie...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Today's thought is from Aristotle:         "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." A good thought to ...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Today's thought is from Aristotle:         "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." A good thought to ...

View From Here: Commentary Bullet Points

View From Here: Commentary Bullet Points: El Nino           Weather patterns are very different today than they were in our re-callable past. Yes there have been years of odd wea...

View From Here: Collaborative Government

View From Here: Collaborative Government: We the people do establish our government and its nation. Furthermore, it is a government of the people, by the people and for the people...

View From Here: Pay Day!

View From Here: Pay Day!: Well, the third Wednesday of the month is my social security check distribution date. It is electronically deposited in my checking accou...

View From Here: Dennis Hastert – Disappointment

View From Here: Dennis Hastert – Disappointment: OK. I am weighing in on Dennis Hastert and his legal difficulties. No, I don’t give a damn about the banking regulations he evidently fel...

View From Here: Observant

View From Here: Observant: I people watch. A very rewarding pastime. Fun, interesting, instructive. A person enters the café, finds a seat, looks around at what...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: A quote from Abraham Lincoln to think about:           "No man has a memory good enough to be a perfect liar." Yes, something...

View From Here: Volatile Stock Markets

View From Here: Volatile Stock Markets: Well, Wednesday the Dow was down 149 points. Thursday it is up about 210 points. That’s volatility, folks. In spades! And the sub-hea...

If We Had Voices: Zebulon is practicing his zombie face for Hallowee...

If We Had Voices: Zebulon is practicing his zombie face for Hallowee...

View From Here: Herding Cats

View From Here: Herding Cats: I’ve spent most of my career working with volunteer organizations. Even those that didn’t think they were volunteer were, in actuality, v...

View From Here: Involvement

View From Here: Involvement: Out of the mist of the mind come repeated images and hints of ideas. Often these are so incomplete I don’t know what they mean or even to...

View From Here: Popularity

View From Here: Popularity: Let’s see, President Obama aced a recent Gallup Poll conducted internationally and here at home. He was named the most admired man on the...

View From Here: Republican Agenda?

View From Here: Republican Agenda?: Just what do the republicans want? In Washington DC or anywhere else? They say they want to govern their way. What does that mean? Exac...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Bring cheer to someone else. Smile. That’s all it will take to turn the day around for someone struggling. Try it and see! Octo...

View From Here: Art of Blame

View From Here: Art of Blame: Reading the headlines this morning I read Rupert Murdoch wondering aloud whether Ben Carson might be America ’s first real black presiden...

View From Here: When We Build a Dream

View From Here: When We Build a Dream: It starts with a slight feeling. Perhaps a tingle? We ignore it for a time but when it returns we recognize it. Don’t know what it is but...

View From Here: Heart, Mind & Soul

View From Here: Heart, Mind & Soul: Picking a topic to write about has been easy these past four years. Ridiculously easy! I have a new SCORE client who writes a blog an...

View From Here: Civility Needed

View From Here: Civility Needed: I’ve been writing this blog daily since October 4, 2011. Over 1310 postings on many different topics. Some were human interest stories. O...

View From Here: Mass Shootings

View From Here: Mass Shootings: The thought of mass shootings in America is horrific! In an age of terrorism we think such acts would be brought to our nation from outs...

View From Here: Carl Icahn’s Warning

View From Here: Carl Icahn’s Warning: Well, the other day I warned that too many people discuss economics, actually argue economics, based on mistaken theories.  The primary ...

View From Here: Change of Season

View From Here: Change of Season: Welcome to another month! Autumn now. So soon after summer which began late and way too cool! Summer was short. Pleasant but short. Now f...