A strife of interests
Following President Obama’s ambitiously upbeat State of the Union address, I was reminded, all too soon, of this Ambrose Bierce quote.
Lest we forget – what great leaders do
In simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go – and gets up, and goes. – John Erskine
Claiming your own reality
I’ve been mentally away, for what seems like way too long, by health considerations. Temporarily knocked into a gutter of personal angst – by my glaring inability to single-handedly challenge and change, the many social ills of our day. And juxtaposed against an awareness that I probably need to type a little faster, if I…
The invisible elephant in the room, behind the shutdown
Ladies and Gentlemen of the United States Congress – and I am speaking to both the House and the Senate, Republicans and Democrats. How long can you expect to keep the real power behind this whole ruse, a secret from the American People. And what does any of you think is going to happen,…
GOP opposition to Obamacare – The Lie That’s Too Big To Be True
Anyone looking in on the Ted Cruz 21 hour nonsensical diatribe, on Obama and the Affordable Care Act, would have to wonder at the audacity of this all-but-the-kitchen-sink attack of lies, misinformation, unsupported innuendo, and more damn lies – going on ad-nauseam – like stink on a bug. Or Joe McCarthy on a suspected…
Guns, Gods, and The Dogs of War
Where is the outrage? By “John St John” Nelson Sept 6, 2013 President Obama, members of the U.S. House and Senate and the Citizenry of these United States at large. Where is your moral outrage? . Since December 14th, 2012, over seven thousand citizens and visitors to this nation, have died due to induced lead…
A National Day of Prayer
President Obama noted last Thursday, that prayer tends to join people together – in their humanity, and their commonality. And, as noted in The Salt Lake Tribune, Utahans joined other Americans – all across the land – in a National Day of Prayer. As an atheist, I can appreciate how God got invented –…
The Salt Lake Daily Issue 