View From Here: Making America Great – Part 2

View From Here: Making America Great – Part 2: Yesterday’s post was my macro treatment of making America great again. Those are policies, programs and mindsets that need to be embedded ...

View From Here: Making America Great Again

View From Here: Making America Great Again: It can be well argued that America didn’t lose its greatness. Far from it. However, many of us are living with reduced means. In my case i...

View From Here: Beyond Oil

View From Here: Beyond Oil: Well beyond oil and other fossil fuels, our life as a global village will hum with energy that does not pollute. No pollution of water, soi...

View From Here: Relevance of Political Campaigns

View From Here: Relevance of Political Campaigns: Proving the unprovable is what political campaigns do these days. Spinning an image is part of it. Displaying personal attributes the candi...

View From Here: Southern States Still Battling Gays

View From Here: Southern States Still Battling Gays: North Carolina has passed a law unanimously in their Senate to ban all municipal gay rights laws passed outside of the state’s direct supe...

View From Here: Yearning for Success

View From Here: Yearning for Success: What do you yearn for? What does your family, or neighborhood or community yearn for? Is it success? If it is, how do you define it? I mean...

View From Here: Civility Please!

View From Here: Civility Please!: We all have firmly implanted in our minds how uncivil the Trump rallies and campaign events are progressing across the nation. The model of ...

View From Here: Dealing With Anger

View From Here: Dealing With Anger: The guy in front of you cuts you off; intentional or slopping driving? You watch and keep your distance but note his actions are erratic....

View From Here: Obama’s Thinking re: Foreign Affairs

View From Here: Obama’s Thinking re: Foreign Affairs: The April cover story of Atlantic Magazine is written by Jeffrey Goldberg. A national correspondent, Goldberg tracked down Obama for face...

View From Here: One Coin: Two Sides

View From Here: One Coin: Two Sides: Oh go ahead, flip for it! Yes or no, up or down, in or out. Flip that coin and see what it is. Take your chances and let the natural worl...

View From Here: Voter Understanding

View From Here: Voter Understanding: Way back in my teens I was a conservative thinker about all matters of government. At the time I really was concerned about government ta...

View From Here: Voting Results

View From Here: Voting Results: Well the results are in for Illinois and few surprises were tallied. The highlights are: Democrats :  Hillary won handily over Berni...

View From Here: Illinois Votes Today

View From Here: Illinois Votes Today: Oh Lord let the air waves be silent today and tonight! Let there be peace on our little bit of earth. Please! I am an election judge ...

View From Here: Problem Solving

View From Here: Problem Solving: Nothing succeeds like success, or so we are told. We know that we have problems to work on in our nation, our states, communities and nei...

View From Here: Policing Chaos

View From Here: Policing Chaos: Chicago ’s headline yesterday morning was: ‘21 shot in 20 hours in Chicago .’ And this activity took place in a large, general region of ...

View From Here: Bits and Pieces

View From Here: Bits and Pieces: Just a short travel today through the issues of the day: Bernie vs Hillary : I prefer Hillary because she is well prepared to govern. T...

View From Here: Doctor Visits, continued...

View From Here: Doctor Visits, continued...: Let’s see, my general medical practitioner wants to see me twice each year – an annual check up and then a 6-month quick catch-up. The pu...

View From Here: Deficit Spending, Patterns of

View From Here: Deficit Spending, Patterns of: Throughout American political discussions the mantra of the republicans is that they are the party of fiscal responsibility. I’m about to...

View From Here: Imagine

View From Here: Imagine: Imagine the world community. Today. The Middle East is shredding apart – Libya , Syria , Gaza/Palestine, parts of Egypt and of course Ir...

View From Here: 24/7/365 Communication

View From Here: 24/7/365 Communication: We live in an age of rapid communication. And response. Even insistent messaging in which we are often begged for response now! Right thi...

View From Here: The Beat Goes On

View From Here: The Beat Goes On: And on and on! It starts thrumming and continues regardless of weather, power outrages, mass shootings, terrorist attacks around the globe ...

View From Here: Super Tuesday 2016

View From Here: Super Tuesday 2016: For those unfamiliar with American democracy, every four years we elect a person to be the President of the USA . That person can only se...

View From Here: Allure: Academy Awards

View From Here: Allure: Academy Awards: Allure. That’s what it is. Like a magnet we are drawn toward the Academy Awards show. Maybe it is fueled by memories of years gone by whe...