Let me say this about that. I must admit that in my advancing years, I am still confounded by the accelerating pace of the ‘dumbing down of America’. It seems that facts, common sense, mathematics, and any sort of cognitive thought has been replaced by emotion, feelings, illusion, and fantasy. Nowadays, how things really ‘ARE’ [...]
Let me say this about that. For all our faults, Americans live in the greatest nation in the world. I do not make this statement lightly. Unless you have actually resided in another country, you can never have a full appreciation of all our shortcomings – and our greatness. What makes America great? Our wealth? [...]
Let me say this about that. In 1992, a new movie was released called “White Guys Can’t Jump”. It was a movie about two pick-up basketball players – one white and the other black – and had, as an underlying theme, an ascertion that white guys can’t slam-dunk a basketball. Stars Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes did [...]
Let me say this about that. What is the strangest thing you have ever eaten? Not many Americans, raised on ‘meat & potatoes’, care for strange food, especially if it had a squirmy or scaly profile before it hit the plate. I have never been burdened by a delicate palate, probably owing to my impoverished [...]
Let me say this about that. Quickly now! Tell me three things you know about The Netherlands. Can’t think of three? OK, how about one thing? Fact is, most Americans don’t know a helluva lot about The Netherlands. If you use the term ‘Holland’, we tend to revert back to our grammar school days to [...]
Let me say this about that. OK, let’s start by being honest with each other. Question: How many of you out there really understand what the hell is going on in the Middle East? That’s a pretty hard question so I’ll ask another, more simple one. Question: Why are the Israelis and [...]
Let me say this about that. Many older folks, including myself, complain that the modern world is going to hell in a handbasket. Some, however, make the argument that life on the planet Earth is no better or worse than it has ever been. The issue is that we have so many new and faster ways to get news [...]
Let me say this about that. I was in Key West recently because I had been called for jury duty in Federal Court. Engineers usually are not popular choices as potential jurors because we have a tendency to employ a tool unknown in the legal profession – ‘Logic’. Logic is like ‘Kryptonite’ to a lawyer. Their view [...]
Let me say this about that. “People say believe half of what you see, oh and none of what you hear …. “ This line is lifted from the 70′s Gladys Knight & the Pips hit “I heard it through the grapevine”. And in today’s blizzard of communication media spawned by the internet, truer words have [...]
Let me say this about that. Every year since 1948, the folks at Gallup Polls have conducted a survey to determine the people most admired by Americans. The results of their latest poll was published recently in USA Today. According to the good people at Gallup, Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin are in a virtual tie as the woman [...]
