View From Here: White House Agenda?

View From Here: White House Agenda?: Chaos and misdirection. Broad scrapping of Obama executive orders. Another failed attempt to repeal Obamacare. Obviously trump is fighting ...

View From Here: States’ Rights Vs Conservative Trump

View From Here: States’ Rights Vs Conservative Trump: The world is full of oxymoron these days. Recall the definition of the term – the presence of contradictory ideas in the same phrase, sente...

View From Here: What’s the Title?

View From Here: What’s the Title?: I am pondering writing a book. This is nothing new. I’ve thought about this many times in recent years. Here’s why. It seems I like to ...

View From Here: Healthcare Fail?

View From Here: Healthcare Fail?: Yes and no. Obamacare has more legs than its enemies thought. But then the program was incompletely formed and introduced, a product of com...

View From Here: Corruption in Government

View From Here: Corruption in Government: Real or imagined? Personally encountered or anecdotal sharing? Many complain about corruption in high places and in government especial...

View From Here: Bits & Pieces

View From Here: Bits & Pieces: North Korea Well, well. Peck’s Bad Boy is at it again threatening to take down demon America with his missiles tipped with nuclear wea...

View From Here: Credibility

View From Here: Credibility: We talk. We listen. We compute the inputs and integrate with our logic stream. In time – moments or months – our world view morphs a little...

View From Here: Free Trade & Why It’s Important

View From Here: Free Trade & Why It’s Important: Free trade is the principle that dictates the absence of tariffs on goods sold or bought in places other than our own nation. The thought b...

View From Here: Fresh Out of Ideas?

View From Here: Fresh Out of Ideas?: Are we out of ideas as a society? No, we are not. You are not. Others are not. I am confident in saying this baldly. If you connect wit...

View From Here: Fresh Out of Ideas?

View From Here: Fresh Out of Ideas?: Are we out of ideas as a society? No, we are not. You are not. Others are not. I am confident in saying this baldly. If you connect wit...

View From Here: Trump’s Promises

View From Here: Trump’s Promises: So far every promise Trump had made during his campaign and since his inauguration has come to naught. Yes he claims he will do something b...

View From Here: Healthcare Outcomes

View From Here: Healthcare Outcomes: What do we want from healthcare. Ideally. What do we want? Don’t fret the details. Don’t worry about the costs. Just focus on the ideal out...

View From Here: Moving On

View From Here: Moving On: And on we shall go! I was at a public entertainment venue the other evening. A dear family member treated us to dinner and live music a...

View From Here: Home Again

View From Here: Home Again: Well I wasn’t away very far and then only a few hours. But the medical trek taken last week was unexpected, a bit complicated but with fine...

View From Here: Truth and Consequences

View From Here: Truth and Consequences: Juxtapositions in life. So many juxtapositions. Fashion or food? And are we talking chic clothing or chic food? How does one actually descr...

View From Here: Running of Mind

View From Here: Running of Mind: So, it’s March and this is the season of doctor appointments. You know, the kind that doctors schedule to review your status. Complicated t...

View From Here: Constitutional Crisis?

View From Here: Constitutional Crisis?: No matter who you supported in the last election surely you didn’t wish the chaos of recent weeks to be the result? I’m one of those orderl...

View From Here: Parallel Universe

View From Here: Parallel Universe: What do I know? What do I not know? Same for you? I’ve said this before – we don’t know what we don’t know. Until, that is, we encounte...

View From Here: I Suppose

View From Here: I Suppose: 'Anti administrative government' is the core message of Steve Bannon as he advises Trump on strategy. It is his belief that the Fed...

View From Here: Our Future?

View From Here: Our Future?: What lies ahead for you is not determined. Nor is it for me. Or any of us. No, the future will unfold as long as there are tomorrows. W...

View From Here: Unreliable Times

View From Here: Unreliable Times: The most unsettling thing about America these days is its unreliable nature. I thought I understood my neighbors, family and friends. But ...

View From Here: The Sides of Debate

View From Here: The Sides of Debate: I have always detested debate. On its surface it is meant to illuminate discussion so parties may come to a broader agreement on terms, fac...