@egm-2
14 hours ago-
skipper wrote a new post, Think Abouts 7 years ago
Mariner watched an episode of Christine Amanpour when she interviewed Jon Stewart and Dave Chapelle. Both men are astute observers of human life and social discourse. One comment that stayed with mariner was a […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, Current Events 7 years ago
In the nation of Norway is an archipelago called Svalbard, the home of the village of Longyearbyen, the northernmost town in the world. Longyearbyen is notable for two things. First, temperatures are below […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, The Right Spirit 7 years ago
A bit of thrust and parry about abolishing the Senate. The idea is emerging in magazines, books and even television commentary. Mariner again will proffer why the Senate distorts public discourse – an example t […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, 2018 Observations 7 years ago
Speak to a member of Donald’s base and they will say “Donald is doing exactly what we want him to do.” The populist base wanted a grenade thrown at the Establishment. It did explode and has upset the status q […]
-
Interesting, insightful and measured. Mariner doesn’t let any us off the hook of taking civic responsibility for the state of our nation. Information literacy needs to be taught along with civics. Perhaps this is a ‘Sputnik’ moment–when the U.S, rallied its schools to teach math and science so that we could keep up with the Russians in space. Now there is another Russian threat to wake us up.
-
-
skipper wrote a new post, Bowling and Politics 7 years ago
In this post mariner promotes two books. The first one is a sociological view of American behavior particularly as it relates to how Americans have changed how they socialize. The second is by a memorable US […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, Another Episode of Brain v Gorilla 7 years ago
When mariner moved to his current residence in a small Iowa town, he noticed that many families had leaf blowers. It is also true that town families have affection for any kind of two cycle engine some of which […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, Transported Back Through Time 7 years ago
Mariner watched the NetworkKnowledge (PBS) broadcast of Neil Diamond’s concert performed in 2012 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Mariner and his wife are big fans back to the time they saw him on te […]
-
Even back to the good old days of 2012 is a time warp. We have been travelling at warp speed since 2016–every day a new reason for angst. This essay is a wonderful tribute to the power of Neil Diamond’s music to transport us. Maybe what we all need is more music in our lives–and more poetry, more nature, and more friendship.
-
-
skipper wrote a new post, On The Atlantic and other Things 7 years ago
Regular readers will know that mariner’s favorite magazine is The Atlantic (TA). He has added a few to his personal library. There are several other magazines in its class that provide cogent insights in the s […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, How to know how much is Actual News 7 years ago
Mariner finds it difficult to ascertain actual news from ramblings, speculations and gossip on all the 24 hour news channels. He has borrowed a formula from geometry to help identify the true news content from the […]
-
I’m so glad you cleared that up!
-
-
skipper wrote a new post, Compassion, Damn It! 7 years ago
Well, well. Wasn’t the fur flying because young mariner had no traffic ticket for his accident. An entire article about compassion as the root of democracy was trashed because mariner did not get a ticket. So m […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, One for Many but Many for One, too 7 years ago
Mariner was a young lad, well, not really young, he had progressed a bit in his career and was working as a staff consultant assisting all state law enforcement agencies in complying with new Federal regulations […]
-
Law enforcement looks after its own??? Is that entirely fair–or legal? I know that is not the point of the essay, but that is another aspect of belonging. If you don’t belong, because you are not the right tribe (or color) it is hard to experience
that sense of oneness. But–I do not want to discourage mariner in his good feelings about our neighbors and our nation!
-
-
skipper wrote a new post, When Men only were Men 7 years ago
Mariner is on a holiday break, that is, current news is not an item of interest. Rather, he has taken his own advice from his last post: take a break. Nevertheless, one has curiosity about things – perhaps more s […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, Give Thanks, It’s Thanksgiving 7 years ago
A bit of serenity can be felt in the weather. Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that embrace ‘the way we were’ to steal lyrics from Barbra. Since the 2016 campaign, which actually started early in 2015, it’ […]
-
Happy talk–keep talking happy talk! (to steal lyrics from South Pacific…)
-
-
skipper wrote a new post, On Lack of Literary Greatness 7 years ago
Mariner has one comment on the results of the 2018 midterm elections:
Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate to 51+ seats — even though 10 million more people voted for Senate Democrats than for R […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, A Future of Oneness 7 years ago
Mariner mentioned that he took a trip recently to visit friends and family. He has been traveling the Pennsylvania Turnpike for many, many, many years. Do any readers remember the service stops alongside the […]
-
Can Mariner imagine another scenario for the future of mankind? We are in the stress of transition here, but it does not mean that things will necessarily devolve. Just as an exercise, I would like to read mariner’s version of a possible good future. The future is all in our imagination anyway. Might just as well be a happy place!
-
-
skipper wrote a new post, Travel isn’t Broadening – It’s Frightening 7 years ago
Mariner grows disinterested after hearing hour after hour day and night the same statistics, speculations and campaign ads intent on assassinating the character of the other candidate. Today he focused on the rest […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, On Being Manic/Depressive 7 years ago
According to mariner’s favorite bookie Nate Silver, “Republican chances of holding the House are only about 1 in 1,000.” He is not as kind to Democrats taking the Senate: only 1 in 6 (16%)
The imminent elect […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, News of the Day 7 years ago
National Public Radio (NPR) is launching a new newsletter all about China. When reading the first reports, it became blatantly obvious to mariner that China, while a communist state, also is an aggressive […]
-
skipper wrote a new post, FYI 7 years ago
Tidbits from mariner’s email:
֎60 percent of vertebrate species
According to a new report from the World Wide Fund For Nature (formerly the World Wildlife Fund), there has been an average 60 percent de […]
-
skipper commented on the post, US has Cultural Issue with Education 7 years ago
In the era of the Kennedys, the mood of the nation leaned toward humanism. Then the shootings took place wiping out three major leaders of that mood. Had Bobby won the Presidency, perhaps the Vietnam War could have been handled differently but the war took the lead in the nation’s mood and instead of further progress toward humanist policy, the y…[Read more]
- Load More
Much to think about! Malls that supported the growth of suburbs are in decline. Public transportation has never served the suburbs very well. Many changes coming. Basic income would be a good one! I read recently that one way to do it is to give a stipend to boost minimum wage levels to a living wage.