by Dick Pilling Those of a certain age – like old – may remember the Mamas and Papas, the 60’s rock group whose song “California Dreaming”  became an anthem for many of that era. At that time, California was my dream destination but, sadly, maturity reared its head,...

by Dick Pilling It’s time to play another fun game of “but then” featuring our favorite would-be President Kamala Harris. Let’s remember that September 2019 town hall event where she said, “There is no question that I’m in favor of banning fracking” (1)  but then, in...

We are presently in a period of political discord and confusion but, sometimes, just by asking yourself a few simple yes or no questions, you can clarify your thinking and, thereby, your political position. For example, there is heated controversy regarding who can...

Those of a certain age — like old — will remember a TV show called “Dragnet” wherein detective Joe Friday would say, when interviewing a subject, “Just give me the facts.” Like Joe, I prefer a news article that “Just gives me the facts” because that’s what I need…...

The term Third World is normally given to those nations that are poor or developing. And, hopefully, it’s assumed that they will progress from developing to something better. However, nations don’t always progress to something better but, frequently, regress into...

As I see it, under “Bidenomics,” prices seem to be going up a heck of a lot faster than our take-home pay. Studies reflect that average hourly pay increased by 13.6% since January 2021 but, also, inflation increased by 17% — this means that, on average, one had to...

Admittedly, I am old enough to remember the Carter presidency, but, happily, I still retain some degree of mental competency — however limited — and am therefore able to compare it to that of Biden’s administration and note that there are some similarities. For...

President Biden, with his vast knowledge of the auto industry, will set a target reflecting that all new auto sales be electric by 2030, but,truly, I wonder if he has thought this through.  Sounds like a half-vast idea to me. Firstly, the idea of allowing regulators,...

As a recovering engineer, it is part of my healing journey to eliminate my preoccupation with numbers but, truly, this presents a personal challenge. For instance, I find myself fascinated with the soaring number of illegal border crossings — 5.4 million since Biden...

Some of us may remember the movie “The Sixth Sense” which recounted the story of a boy, played by child star Haley Joel Osment, who is haunted by ghosts and claimed he could see and talk to dead people. Now, not to be out done, our own President Biden has claimed a...