NOW PATRIOT!

Many if not most are proud to be an American. They tell you this, if you ask, and will usually elaborate saying there’s no place they’d rather be. A few might complain how health care, tax rates or eldercare are better in this place or that, but generally the facts on these are sketchy and not nearly enough to make them move. When we say we’re proud to be American, is this being patriotic? I think it is to some degree,...

EXPOUNDING SOME BELIEFS

As children we learn about right and wrong, good, bad etc.  We learn these things from our parents, then from clerics, teachers and finally, perhaps most importantly, our peers. When we played games with our pals we learned there were rules which usually coincided with what we already learned at home/school/church but they quickly took on more meaning since not playing by the rules had immediate consequences. This gave...