When the Balance is Compromised

Until today, I never understood what Gerrymandering actually meant. I heard and read about it, but never fully grasp the consequences.

The Man Who Doesn’t Vote

He is a nice, older gentleman. He comes from a small town in the midwest, where he and his siblings were raised by a single mom. He knows poverty, has lived it and doesn’t like how it made him feel.

Fried Chicken – The Taste of Freedom

Last night I made a short trip to Lybia. I sat in my chair and followed Anthony Bourdain and his crew around, and learned a lot about this beautiful country and its brave people. Not all was pretty. Times have been violent, people and buildings have been scared -many lives have been lost in the fight against a tyrant.

Are we distracted enough yet?

I have always been a selective listener, not to be confused with having selective hearing -what so many of us practice when we grow up.

When some people speak I listen, that has always been like that. My Grandmother had my undivided attention when I was young. When she spoke she had something to say -even when it wasn’t what I wanted to hear.

Oh, Germany! What have you done?

The results are in. Angela Merkel will go into her 4th term as German chancellor, even though her party lost almost 10% and finishes short of an absolute majority.  No big surprises here. Most of us expected the outcome, still, the election result is shocking. For the first time after World War II, a right-wing party will take a seat in the German parliament.

We have lost it!

 

 

We, as a nation, have lost it. We have lost focus, and we are losing it more and more every day.

Democracy in Action

I am not too crazy about the political news lately. I try to avoid it because there is only so much I can take. However, there are days when I have to read it, and I just can’t get enough.