SOPA/PIPA: Another Step Toward The “De-Democracizing” Of America?

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Each one of us is an agent of change. Whether you believe this or not, it is truth.   Tomorrow, January 18, 2012, a significant number of websites on the Internet will be going dark to protest the proposed SOPA/PIPA legislation (H.R. 3621) that the US Senate reportedly is bringing to the Senate floor for …

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You Say You Want A Resolution? Well, You Know…

  We all want to change the world. Or maybe just ourselves.   2011 has run its course. At the stroke of midnight a brand new year will begin. 2012. Presidential election year. The 100th anniversary of Arizona and New Mexico becoming states, Boston’s Fenway Park and Detroit’s Tiger Stadium (then called Briggs Stadium) opened, …

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The Attitude of Gratitude Is Life’s Beatitude

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  Thanksgiving Day has come and gone. Houses across the land were filled with loved ones and family making pilgrimages. Turkeys have been eaten. Pies have been devoured. Football has been played. Black Friday has played out across the nation with shoppers camping out for a chance to be first in the stores at the …

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The Occupy Protests: What Do They Truly Occupy?

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  Over the past few days, the Occupy campaigns in many cities across the country were curtailed by arrests and “clean ups” of the areas they “occupied”; the most recent being the breakup of the encampment in Zuccotti Park in New York City. Cries of foul play on the part of officials and law enforcement. …

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The Surreal NBA Drama: Do We Really Care?

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  I have a new definition for an NBA game: A bunch of millionaires that play for one millionaire trying to beat another bunch of millionaires playing for another millionaire that people who are far from being millionaires pay hard-earned money to watch.   This afternoon the 2011-2012 NBA season was dealt what could be …

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