View From Here: New Year’s Eve

View From Here: New Year’s Eve: A final end of 2018. The cusp of 2019’s beginning. The old and the new. Cycles ending and beginning. Over and over again. A reminder of ...

View From Here: Post Holiday Scramble

View From Here: Post Holiday Scramble: All the prep is done. The big events staged. The doorbell rings, people come, welcomes and hugs for another holiday. The presents are gi...

View From Here: Peace

View From Here: Peace: Peace on earth. Goodwill toward all men. That’s the seasonal wish. We’ve been stating this forever. It is age old. And yet peace elud...

View From Here: Tomorrows

View From Here: Tomorrows: There is yesterday. There is today. With hope and perseverance, we will have a tomorrow. It is not guaranteed, of course. Not much is. E...

View From Here: Christmas

View From Here: Christmas: They were on the move. Without a home. A young man and his young female companion. They were expecting a baby. And nowhere to rest, to g...

View From Here: Winning and Losing

View From Here: Winning and Losing: We are losing. Each of us. All of us. The nation. The world community. NATO, common defenses everywhere. The United Nations. The defe...

View From Here: Pieces

View From Here: Pieces: R aining bits and pieces. A part here. A part there. Here an indictment. There a guilty plea. There a plea deal. And then court cases co...

View From Here: Heroes

View From Here: Heroes: A few days ago we watched the CNN special show on heroes. They had asked for nominations from the public for people who were known to do...

View From Here: Christmas Wish

View From Here: Christmas Wish: The perfect gift. What is it? Depends on who is giving; and who is getting. It is a transaction. Between two people. A giving mind an...

View From Here: Edging Forward

View From Here: Edging Forward: It doesn’t seem so. But we do. Edge forward. Bit by bit. Sometimes the direction reverses a tiny spit, but generally forward the dire...

View From Here: Emergent Leadership

View From Here: Emergent Leadership: Needed. Leadership. Now. On a national scale. Recall the candidates for president in 2016. Republicans fielded 23 candidates. Many we...

View From Here: Folly Over Brexit

View From Here: Folly Over Brexit: The British are members of the European Union. They are in close proximity to the other European nations, share history with and of the ...

View From Here: Governing by Tantrum

View From Here: Governing by Tantrum: December 11 th provided a keen view of the white house and its occupant attempting to govern a nation of laws and principle by temper t...

View From Here: Paying Attention

View From Here: Paying Attention: The national nightmare continues. A sitting president is under a huge cloud of suspicion for wrongdoing – both in his campaign to achiev...

View From Here: Integrity

View From Here: Integrity: A handshake communicates many things. Firmness suggests confidence. Eagerness to connect invites engagement. Lingering grasp hints of co...

View From Here: Fancied Up and Nowhere to Go

View From Here: Fancied Up and Nowhere to Go: Ever have the feeling that something is missing? Of course you have. The sort of thing where you are all set for something, but nothing ...

View From Here: Young Minds

View From Here: Young Minds: I work with teen drug addicts on Wednesday evenings. Been doing this for 6 years now. At first I struggled with understanding them. Why ...

View From Here: Jobs and Profits

View From Here: Jobs and Profits: Looked through automobile data the other day. Learned that many of the top quality rated vehicles are made in the USA. Content may be im...

View From Here: Issues or Values?

View From Here: Issues or Values?: A comment logged to my blog the other day stated issues and values are different. Because that is so, says the commenter, values will el...

View From Here: Passing of Bush Senior

View From Here: Passing of Bush Senior: So many thoughts running through my mind. George Bush Senior at one time was an idol of mine. In time that wore off, but still, George H...

View From Here: Accumulating Pressure

View From Here: Accumulating Pressure: The beat goes on. Russia probe for collusion in the 2016 presidential election. Financial and business conflicts of interests both in th...