Category: America

  • Mental illness and America

    Sadly, in our American society, even though it’s the 21st century, there is still a strong and harsh stigma for people suffering from mental illness. In the minds of many people the mentally ill are freaks, perverts, are very dangerous, and they feel the mentally ill should be locked away in mental hospitals to “protect”…

  • Men left behind

    Men have fallen way behind women for college/university attendance and graduation rates. This has been a 40-year trend. Men are abandoning higher education in such numbers that they now trail female college students by record levels. At the close of the 2020-21 academic year, women made up 59.5% of college students, an all-time high, and…

  • 1980s Medley

    Here are 3 songs I was listening to this morning through Alexa on our Echo Dot smart speaker. First Song The first song is “Don’t You Forget About Me” by the Scottish rock band Simple Minds. It was released on February 20, 1985. The song was featured in the movie “The Breakfast Club.” It became…

  • 1980s British Bands + Elvis

    Always Something There to Remind Me Here are two 1980s songs, by two different British bands that I really like. The first is “Always Something There to Remind Me” by Naked Eyes. This less well-known New Wave song was a great example of synth-pop. I should point out that this song makes good use of…

  • Communist takeover of America

    The unfairly maligned US Senator Joseph R. McCarthy was prescient in his vision of communist infiltration and eventual takeover of America in the early 1950s. He saw the problem primarily in the entertainment industry, the state department, and even the army (see more on this below), but the real seeds of destruction, in my view,…

  • Abortion Deconstructed

    Since January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court decision in the matter of Roe v. Wade found in favor of the “Jane Roe” (Norma McCorvey), who was seeking an abortion in Texas. The Supreme Court ruled that a woman’s “right” to an abortion was a constitutional right. Even though the US Consitution explicitly affirms the right…

  • Biggest blizzards in Pittsburgh in my life so far

    So far, in my life, I’ve witnessed 3 epic blizzards. I was 3 years old. It was January 1978. A huge blizzard, dubbed The Great Blizzard of 1978, dumped 27 inches of snow between January 22 and 24. I recall the snow was above my head when we opened the front door on Meadowbrook Blvd.…

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to HeavenSeason 3, Episode 15 “Wally”The episode aired Jan 14, 1987 Michael Landon as Jonathan SmithVictor French as Mark GordonDick Van Dyke as Wally Dunn This series centers on Jonathan Smith (An angel who died as a human 40 years ago. He was given a new body on becoming an angel. So doesn’t appear…

  • Coffee!

    I don’t know about you, but I love drinking coffee! Lattes, espressos, cappuccinos, frappuccinos, cold, hot, I love it all! I’ve tried various high-end coffee companies which feature ethically sourced coffee beans and one I’ve found which I really like is Amora Coffee. Amora is an American company based in Montgomery, Alabama. The company was…

  • Pitbulls must be stopped

    The American pitbull terrier is the most dangerous dog in the world. 80% of all human fatalities caused by dogs are pitbulls, even though pitbulls make up just 6% of all dogs! They are an ultra-aggressive, vicious, and unpredictable dog breed. The pitbull bite is the strongest and most damaging bite of any dog breed.…