The Online Journal of Uncommon Common Sense in an Age of Nonsense
Once again in America the face of isolationism has come to the forefront of our politics. Today as in the years following the First World War there is a push to have the United States government steer clear of what George Washington said in his farewell address, foreign entanglements. The last time the idea of…
When the founding fathers conceived our republic they had no concept that someday the president of the United States would be over 81 years old. They did feel that the minimum age to serve in this capacity, to have enough world or life experience was 35 years of age. It behooves us to think that…
Ever since the fire originating in the Rise Up gun range burned down a third of the old Food Fair strip mall, there have been speculations on the town’s various social grapevines. Many who frequented the now defunct Dunkin Doughnuts hope that the franchise will return to its original location as before the fire. Gossip…
As a student and observer of American Politics over my lifetime I can say that I have never seen a political landscape as fragmented and tumultuous as it is as of this writing since the American Civil War. There are members of my extended family who are not speaking to one another because of their…