Category Archives: State of the Nation

While I am loath to talk politics, there will be times when I will want to rant, or perhaps more importantly, quote from a piece seen elsewhere that captures my thoughts far more precisely than I ever could.

Life Forms as Minorities … Even they can be tyrannical!

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Dr Joseph Russo

Reflecting this morning on some interesting news out of Oregon; To wit, An Oregon judge ruled Friday that a transgender person can legally change their sex to “non-binary” rather than male or female in what legal experts believe is a first in … Continue reading →

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I Never Forget a Face

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Dr Joseph Russo

This article appeared in today’s Guardian, from London. Note the number: 250 MILLION CAMERAS! Not to be paranoid, but we can now safely say that someone is watching our every move. Excerpts from the article are italicized. My comments are … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t They Say Thank You?

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Dr Joseph Russo

  I am waging a private war (not so private now, I guess). I am tired of spending money at retail stores and then having the clerk say to me, “Have a Nice Day” instead of “Thank You.” If I … Continue reading →

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Only a Government can Censor

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Dr Joseph Russo

As I understand the definition of the word, only governments can “censor” your writings or your spoken words. Webster’s defines a censor as “an official who examines materials (as publications or films) for objectionable matter” [emphasis mine]. I suppose we … Continue reading →

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Friends? or Merely Acquaintances?

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Dr Joseph Russo

In today’s Daily Mail is an article about the numbers of friends we, as humans, can actually handle at any given time. Turns out: “People are only capable of maintaining FIVE close friends despite using social media.” You can read … Continue reading →

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Have You Had Your “Moment” Yet?

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Dr Joseph Russo

Peggy Noonan wrote this piece about two weeks ago, and while I am probably breaking all manner of copyright law in reproducing it here, I feel the need to have at least posted it here in order to save for … Continue reading →

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Characteristics of the One Percent Crowd

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Dr Joseph Russo

This is a re-run of a post earlier in 2016. Since I have some rather unorthodox readers, many of whom I wish would NOT read my blog (and who are proudly in the lower rung of one percenters), reruns of … Continue reading →

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Steal This Book! On Why I left Facebook

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Dr Joseph Russo

I recently quit Facebook. Aside from the liberation of several hours of my life (Facebook is what they call a “time suck”), it has also liberated me from all manner of inanity, by which I mean the countless posts about … Continue reading →

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