View From Here: Poverty, Powerlessness, Guns

View From Here: Poverty, Powerlessness, Guns: The title of this post today is my attempt at defining the elements of violence in Chicago neighborhoods. It is not Second Amendment run r...

View From Here: Petulance and Character

View From Here: Petulance and Character: We have seen much petulance in the past several days. A new president is sworn into office and all we get are smug smiles, leering sneers, ...

View From Here: The Young and the Bloggers

View From Here: The Young and the Bloggers: Yes, the young and the restless is an alternate title appropriate here! But I want to chronicle a specific young woman who is at a crossroa...

View From Here: New Reality

View From Here: New Reality: Face it. We live in a new time. Politics has upended value systems long fought for and achieved. The new order diminishes the following: wo...

View From Here: Facts, Fiction & Wikileaks

View From Here: Facts, Fiction & Wikileaks: What goes around comes around. One person claims a statement to be true when in fact there are no facts to base the statement on. Another p...

View From Here: Fresh Start?

View From Here: Fresh Start?: Let’s see where Trump is heading. From his tweets this is what he deems important: NATO is passé and needs to be replaced with som...

View From Here: Red Letter Day

View From Here: Red Letter Day: Well Inauguration Day comes but once every four years in America . That is when we swear in a newly elected President. It may be a new per...

View From Here: Fake News and Press Conferences

View From Here: Fake News and Press Conferences: Under Trump things are different and will continue to be different. How this is good remains to be seen. It takes time to build history, go...

View From Here: Alike or Different?

View From Here: Alike or Different?: Some people simply look for how a person is like themselves. Others search for the differences. The former is a kind of acceptance; the lat...

View From Here: Remembering Roots

View From Here: Remembering Roots: Over and over again I remember my days in California . I don’t know if it is because of California , or if it was my age at the time. The f...

View From Here: Native Homage

View From Here: Native Homage: For a nation that claims to honor ancestors, forbearers, history, principle and values, America is and has been at a loss with regards to ...

View From Here: Rural vs Urban

View From Here: Rural vs Urban: I don’t know how it works in other states in our nation but in Illinois I have 73 years of perspective. I was born in California and live...

View From Here: Rural vs Urban

View From Here: Rural vs Urban: I don’t know how it works in other states in our nation but in Illinois I have 73 years of perspective. I was born in California and live...

View From Here: Aiming High

View From Here: Aiming High: Watched several public talks over the TED video service. TED is an acronym for Technology, Entertainment, Design. People who are researcher...

View From Here: How Does this Resolve?

View From Here: How Does this Resolve?: Everyone seems to be mad about something or someone. There is blame in the air. Whites complain about blacks, something I thought was well ...

View From Here: You Think I’m Crazy?

View From Here: You Think I’m Crazy?: It’s not a good sign when someone questions your sanity. Nor you theirs. But that is life in 2017 evidently. My head now bleeds daily f...

View From Here: Mandates

View From Here: Mandates: I think we have a problem with language in America . The word “mandate” is being used over and over again with meanings that most likely di...

View From Here: Whither We Go?

View From Here: Whither We Go?: As I write this it is the first day back to work and school in the new year. Yes this post is for January 6 th but I’m penning it on the 3...

View From Here: Whither We Go?

View From Here: Whither We Go?: As I write this it is the first day back to work and school in the new year. Yes this post is for January 6 th but I’m penning it on the 3...

View From Here: Meanderings

View From Here: Meanderings: So many things going through my mind. SCORE and my resignation from it (then changing my mind and staying involved with SCORE). Mother agin...

View From Here: Relations: Israel and America

View From Here: Relations: Israel and America: Not good. Not good at all these days. And the blame goes straight to Netanyahu. Bibi is a bully - for many years. He has proven over and ov...

View From Here: Understanding

View From Here: Understanding: Fresh landscapes of the mind is the topic today. Our own understanding of the world is our inner landscape. Dealing with other people intro...

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View From Here: Differing Messages

View From Here: Differing Messages: Henry Kissinger has stated that Trump might prove to be an extraordinary President because he is so different from the past and may open ne...