One of my relatives posted the following on Facebook: Hey Face Book fact checkers.....please check this out as I have read several things.  Is it true that the Mayor of DC shut off everyone's cell phone during the riot or before.  Also, who took all the posed pictures I

"Freedom to" thinking tells us that the government should interfere as little as possible with the lives of its citizens, and let the market work itself out. "Freedom from" thinking tells us that government must interfere to remove impediments to liberty.

I saw a friend's mother post a somewhat slanted comparison of the party platforms, stating that Republicans are "FOR" "protection of the unborn", while Democrats are "AGAINST" this.  The unstated implication was that Democrats are "FOR" abortions. This is, um, kind of stupid.  Do you really think anyone, even abortion

Medicare For All has promise, but I'm not sure it's politically feasible in the USA. Maybe this is more feasible.

I've mostly stayed out of the whole "kneeling during the National Anthem" thing. But some things just tick me off, so I'm going to make a few comments. You are welcome to disagree. You are welcome to tell me so. But this is my blog, so I get

Let me tell you a story. Meet the Schmidts. They live in a semi-rural town, and between their jobs, bring in around $56,000/year. Grandpa Schmidt lives with them, and his pension contributes another $21,000 to the family budget. Unfortunately, they're spending more like $82,000/year, and