Memories of the 28th Century

Last week someone mentioned a friend who had died last year. I couldn't remember the date, so I had to look up the fact that he had died on April; 15. Later I started thinking about what killed him, ad after thinking of the proximate cause, cancer. The one who mentioned him also mentioned that he was aware of a sore from a tumor several years ago. The had never had anything one about an obvious medical problem.

Then I recalled that he used to complain about aging, because he was ...

After posting the blog on inferiority, I started wondering if I should have not posted it. Then the thought came that maybe I should have advocated rebuilding the mental hospital system. Then I thought, nah, that was bad. But just now I saw an article about MAGA people looking for Trump to take action in his comments about prosecuting Obama, and I realized, again, that closing the mental hospitals was a mistake.

I certainly did not support Obama, and I think that he made some major ...

Some years ago, people thought and worried about mediocrity taking over the world. That isn’t a worry any more, because inferiority is taking over. People act as if low quality and thoughtless behavior and expression are fine.

Maybe it started with to movement to make all children feel good, so they all got trophies, and maybe some people think that equality should mean that no one can do a better job at anything than anyone else. Whatever started it and pushed it along, the election ...

The Battles of Concord and Lexington were 250 years ago this weekend. That reminded me of some of the complaints against King George III. Trump has ignored the rule of law and has had people arrested simply because his people wanted to arrest. He has ignored laws that were passed by Congress. He has imposed arbitrary and onerous taxes on whim. He has sent people to distant places and refused to allow courts to operate so that people can receive due process. One such law was the Posse Comitus Act, ...

The Battles of Concord and Lexington were 250 years ago this weekend. That reminded me of some of the complaints against King George III. Trump has ignored the rule of law and has had people arrested simply because his people wanted to arrest. He has ignored laws that were passed by Congress. He has imposed arbitrary and onerous taxes on whim. He has sent people to distant places and refused to allow courts to operate so that people can receive due process. One such law was the Posse Comitus Act, ...