As we are in the heat of the presidential election this year, it has become increasingly clear to me that we don’t really understand some simple truths about these campaigns that might help explain what the candidates say or don’t say. These things are true of both current candidates and probably all future candidates. InContinue reading “Inconvenient Truths and Realistic Expectations about Presidential Elections”
Category Archives: Current Events
Endorsements from Former Colleagues of Donald Trump
This is largely from an well-researched CNN piece dated Oct 3, 2023, “24 Former Trump Allies and Aides Who Turned Against Him” by Zachary B. Wolf October 3, 2023.I also amended that material with further quotes from an excellent NY Times article, “What 17 of Trump’s ‘Best People’ Said About Him” by Sarah Longwell, Jan.Continue reading “Endorsements from Former Colleagues of Donald Trump”
Dr. Rand Paul vs Dr. Anthony Fauci
It has been a while since I added to this blog. My apologies. I have been busy being retired. (A little joke there.) Today I will correct that with a short piece in reaction to a recent article by Rand Paul in Imprimis. For those of you who are not familiar with Imprimis, it isContinue reading “Dr. Rand Paul vs Dr. Anthony Fauci”
Pro-Life Meets Pro-Choice
Let’s start with a story. In March of 1975 my wife baked a birthday cake when our first child was three months old. We took it to church that Sunday and shared it with friends as a celebration of our son’s “first birthday” as a statement that he had been alive and a real personContinue reading “Pro-Life Meets Pro-Choice”
Paradigms, Darwin, and Medieval French Poetry
Have you ever heard about or discussed a paradigm or a paradigm shift in your field? A paradigm is a framework or a theory that defines or holds a particular field, often scientific, together. Maybe you heard some talking head on TV explain how some current event has caused a paradigm shift of some importantContinue reading “Paradigms, Darwin, and Medieval French Poetry”
Is America a Democratic Country?
I am asking my readers to consider what may seem like a rather obvious question. We Americans are quite proud of our democratic foundations as an example to the world. But, compared to other nations and other systems, we may find some deficiencies in our system of government. Herein, I will give you five examplesContinue reading “Is America a Democratic Country?”
COVID from the virus’s point of view
There are a lot of headlines and news and predictions about where COVID has come from and where it is going. While lots of good studies have been done and lots has been learned, I want to suggest that a lot can be learned by just looking at this pandemic from the virus’s point ofContinue reading “COVID from the virus’s point of view”
The Root of the Matter Blog 