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The Power of the Veto
This article discusses the possibility of the President using presidential veto as a way to discourage political partisanship and restore states representation.
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Canned Laughter
A brief overview of canned laughter and of some music recently associated with canned laughter.
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The 2016 United States Presidential Candidates
This is a quick summary of candidates who will appear on most of our State ballots when we go to the polls in November 2016. We will have more than the usual two choices.
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Only W.W. Knows
This is a speculation on history. It is based on sparse pieces of information from historical events, and from partial solutions of the Kryptos sculpture.
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Technology and the New Neighborly
This article is about how technology is changing the ways we keep up with our neighbors, friends and family.
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How to Slam Toll Fees
Improved road systems with no toll booths relieve congestion. Elizabeth River Tunnels has become infamous for how it collects tolls for its road improvements. It's not a tax, it's a fee.
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Purge and the Golden Rule
This is one mans thoughts on how words and their meanings have changed since the 1960’s, and how that is reflected in our society.
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Thor and Global Warming
Many people are saying "get rid of the all the snow and bring back global warming". Perhaps they say that because it is difficult to understand how the two might be coming from the same effect.
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The Choice for 2014 - Partisan Government Or Representation
This old article says it is questionable as to whether the November 2014 election results reflected our disgust with Partisan Government.
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Brat Upsets Cantor – Give Us the Tools and We’ll Finish the Job
This is a title too good to resist. I was visiting Richmond June 10th, 2014, and what transpired was powerful, and should be shared. It is not ALL about politics. This article wrote itself.
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The Blessing
It is something of a non-glorious tradition through history that the winner of a contest gains the spoils. We assume the spoiled know what happened. Sometimes they may not know a contest occurred.
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Snow 2014 Fredericksburg on the Rappahannock
This is a selected pictoral record of the winter of January and February 2014 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The site is near the Rappahannock River.
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I Had A Dream - State Of The Sheep
This story describes trying to fall asleep by counting sheep, then dreaming, then waking up. It is interesting what the subconcious comes up with when go to sleep thinking about politics.
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Encrypted Books
There are several books from history that are not yet decrypted. This article is a brief introduction to efforts to read those books, and talks about recent events related to the Kryptos sculpture.
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Representation
What does it mean ‘to represent’?
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CoSponsor the Fair Tax Act
This WAS a response to a question here on Hub-Pages, a quick discussion of a new government web-site that is promoting our citizens involvement in government, and a how-to, all-in-one.
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Playing Mother May I in a Dog Eat Dog World
This article is a quick overview of the game "Mother May I" - with some discussion of how it is played when we are no longer children.
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How Do WE Make It Right? - Clevelands Child Rapist
This article is a reaction to the news of the release of three young ladies who had been held in captivity for ten years.
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The Positives of Sequestration
Sequestration has been in the news recently, with folks testifying before Congress about how badly it will affect the status quo. This article will suggest positive ways of viewing sequestration.
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Should We Anticipate Revolution By Treaty?
This article discusses concerns that US law might be superseded through treaty. There is a possibility that a group controlling the Senate and Presidency can make that happen.
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Counting those Pesky Rectangles.
Hubber Calculus-Geometry posed the question: ‘How many rectangles are contained in this figure?’ This short note describes a method to label and count the number of rectangles that appear in the figure.
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The Xeroxed Bible
I had a dream the other night, a dream that woke me up in sympathetic anguish.
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Time for Change - Oust Partisan Senators
This article discusses elections and Supreme Court challenges after passing the Affordable Health Care Act, and the implications of results. Are citizens voting to end or to continue partisanship?
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A Squirrelly Haiku
How does a squirrel feel when someone cuts down their home tree?
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The Time Travelers Dilemma – (7) Embroidery
This is the seventh part in a fictional investigative story as told by a time traveling investigator. As Schrodinger might say 'Any similarity with reality is probably true'.
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The Time Travelers Dilemma – (6) The Sieve
This is the sixth part in a multipart fictional investigative story as told by a time traveling investigator. As Schrodinger might say 'Any similarity with reality is probably true'.
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The Time Travelers Dilemma – (5) More Threads
This is the fifth part in a multipart fictional investigative story as told by a time traveling investigator. As Schrodinger might say 'Any similarity with reality is probably true'.
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The Time Travelers Dilemma – (4) Threads
This is the fourth part in a fictional investigative story as told by a time traveling investigator. As Schrodinger might say 'Any similarity with reality is probably true'.
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The Time Travelers Dilemma – (3) Tangled
This is the third part in a fictional investigative story as told by a time traveling investigator. As Schrodinger might say 'Any similarity with reality is probably true'.
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The Time Travelers Dilemma - (2) Contacts
This is the second part in a fictional investigative story as told by a time traveling investigator. As Schrodinger might say "Any similarity with reality is probably true".
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The Time Travelers Dilemma - (1) Entry
This is the first part in a fictional investigative story as told by a time traveling investigator. As Schrodinger might say 'Any similarity with reality is probably true'.
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When Ivy Strikes
Sometimes you find you have to do things to your yard that you really don’t want to do. This is a sad story about turning a beautiful yard full of well cared-for plants into something less.
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Pink Elephant Tactics
This is a quick article on the need to recognize artificial fears and face them for what they are. As children we are taught this, subliminally, in cartoon shows like 'Scooby Do'. As we get older, artifically generated fears may be a little bit tougher to recognize, mostly because a few people...
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About the Music
This is a quick story about lessons learned from learning to play musical instruments as a child. Some lessons you learn as a child are not recognized or understood until you grow older.
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The Repeal Amendment OR Repeal the Amendment?
This article compares our Senators voting on Health Care, by state, to the list of States that are filing lawsuits against Health Care. It then uses the data as an example of how our Senators no longer owe allegiance to their States, and uses the results to argue for repeal of the 17th Amendment...
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Will We Hear This in the State of the Union Speech (2011)
This speculative article offers one possible statement that might have been made in the 2011 State of the Union address. This article identifies root causes associated with what is currently wrong with our approach to government, and offers a path to solution. Note that this article does not...
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How Citizens Can Fulfill Our Role in Government
This article shares a letter to a Congressman. The article suggests ways for citizens to actively contribute, rather than hearing in the news what our politicians have decided is best for us.
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Congresses Constitutional Priorities
This article lists the responsibilities of Congress as identified in our Constitution, and talks about the possibility of using the verbs of the US Constitution as a basis for prioritizing the actions performed in our House and Senate.
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How to Judge Good or Bad, by Word or by the Act?
The question "How to judge good or bad, by word or by the act?" was asked by Hubber "H P Roychoudhury". The response is almost off-the-cuff and just one persons view, but comes from the heart. Thanks go to Hubber "H P Roychoudhury" for asking the question.
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Why We Say: Don’t Drink the Cool Aid
This article provides three different perspectives on what might be meant when we say "Don't Drink the Cool-Aid". Two are from the point of view of a child, the other from experience.
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Time for Constitutional Change
This article discusses possible beneficial changes to our United States Constitution and the roles and processes for implementing these changes.
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Remember in November
This is a collection of memorable quotes that some of our candidates for public office are hoping we will forget when election time comes around. Remember.
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About Those Aliens
When you are a child, you learn things from playing games that you might not truly understand until decades later.
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History of Cavernhold (2 of 2)
These are fantasy historical notes as recorded by the medieval fantasy character Thuunk of the real massive multi-player roleplaying game GemStone IV.
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About Science and Art
This article is a quick introduction to the artist Jim Sanborn and his works.
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History of Cavernhold (1 of 2)
These are fantasy historical notes as recorded by the medieval fantasy character Thuunk of the real massive multi-player roleplaying game GemStone IV.
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The National Debt Clock - Then and Now
Updated occasionally to add a historical perspective. This is a quick pointer to the National Debt Clock web site, and a brief discussion of the information you can find there.
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About Precognition
Have you ever pondered what it would be like to see the future, even if it was only a minute ahead?
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About Those Ghosts
Not all discussions of "ghosts" are about the paranormal. This can get little children in trouble if they learn about the other meanings of the word "ghost" before they learn about the paranormal ghosts.
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Coffee? Tea? Or Bovine Smoothie?
A hopefully humorous article that extends the current trend to associate political movements with refreshing drinks of one sort or another.
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Who Owns Your Congressman?
What do you think is the strongest influence for your Congressional representatives?
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About Those UFOs
It is amazing the things a child will be believe, particulary if the story helps to remove the fear of seeing a real flying disk in the sky.
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An Alternative Approach to Health Care
This article proposes support to medical research as an alternative to the health care law for the purpose of encouraging other perspectives and discussion on the issue.
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Open Government
It snowed one day, so it was good day to see what could be found online about Open Government. The snow closed the government and everything else in or nearby DC.
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Polarized Perspectives (A Childs Point of View)
Children can learn some fairly amazing things when they look at the sky at dusk through polarized sunglasses. But the true lesson may not be learned until much much later in life.
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You Did Not Hear This in the State of the Union Speech (2010)
This is a speculation about what might have been said during the 2010 State of the Union Speech. It wasn't. The sentiment remains.
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Venting: Why Question Obama’s Citizenship?
How does a child learn the circumstances of his birth? What if the parents choose to deceive the child? How long would it be before the child found out? The message here is - Protect the Children.