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skipper wrote a new post, The Senate 5 years, 3 months ago
Vox News (reputable) published the results of a study that shows 18 US Senators represent 52 percent of the population. Is it any wonder that as Kentucky goes, so goes the nation? Is it any wonder that, in the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Beyond Covid-19 5 years, 3 months ago
Similar to its addiction to Donald, the press has been consumed with Covid-19. Not that this is unwarranted but the world continues to live and breathe, to live day-to-day and to place each day into a continuing […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Wisdom in a Phrase 5 years, 3 months ago
Once in a while everyone stumbles across a short phrase that seems poignant, insightful or profound. Mariner has collected phrases over time that are significant. Just a few below:
֎ A very recent one from the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The Ethical Divide 5 years, 3 months ago
Watching the news today is not pleasant. It is wearing as a virulent war wages across civilization, as political collaboration collapses into populist and plutocratic conflict, as millions of families experience […]
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skipper wrote a new post, On Being a Stick 5 years, 3 months ago
A stick always has two ends – if it has been broken from its tree. When it is attached to the tree, it is part of a larger presence, something that has evidence of a higher calling as part of nature. It is true t […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Thoughts as the Shelter-in Continues 5 years, 4 months ago
Mariner is fortunate that for the moment his financial status is sufficient, his curiosity in social studies has not waned and there are more physical chores than may be achievable in the gardens, home repair and […]
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With the stay at home mentality required to guarantee our continued existence, we spent a great deal of time on our screened front porch, watching life in the ‘hood. Now that cold weather has arrived, that time well spent together reading and talking about big things and little things will be sorely missed.
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skipper wrote a new post, Don’t forget to dot the I 5 years, 4 months ago
Many, many years ago mariner knew a woman who was raised deep in the back country of Tennessee. In her forties, she was not literate. Don’t surmise that she was unintelligent or otherwise had shortcomings; a […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Of Politics and Nature 5 years, 4 months ago
Two topics today. First, Amos offers some observations about the election; second, some observations about the roles of nature on the one hand and mariner on the other.
֎ The campaign between Donald and Joe […]
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skipper wrote a new post, There is no Lee in Today’s World 5 years, 4 months ago
Mariner hasn’t seen Chicken Little in a while. He doesn’t come out of the henhouse. Inside, he sits trembling and wears a World War I army helmet. By his side are prayer beads, a prayer rug, a few wicks to lig […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Must-have Knowledge for the Twenty-first Century 5 years, 4 months ago
Mariner hasn’t written a post recently that goes beyond commentary. Today, he feels the need to provide an educational assist that is absolutely critical to the future happiness of human beings. Three recent d […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Money in Political Campaigns 5 years, 5 months ago
Any individual who has poked even a finger into the current of campaign politics has discovered an inundation of fund-raising emails, letters and phone calls from the NATIONAL COMMITTEE (RNC, DNC) of each party. […]
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When John McCain ran for President in 2000, campaign reform was a predominant plank in his platform. Unfortunately, the Republican party saw that it would put an end to their corporate contributions, so they put their energies and weight behind a candidate who would continue to take money from special interests – George W. Bush.
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skipper wrote a new post, Faith is a necessary life tool for everyone 5 years, 5 months ago
Read these words from this old hymnbook favorite – sing along if you know the melody:
Life is like a mountain railway
With an engineer that’s brave
We must make this run successful
From the cradle to t […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Humans face Many Problems 5 years, 5 months ago
In 2015 mariner wrote a post that attempted to distract readers from the campaigns of the last Presidential election. He focused on several natural phenomena that make human problems small and irrelevant. One […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Democracy is like the game of Jenga 5 years, 5 months ago
Jenga is the name of that game where wooden blocks are stacked one by one to build a narrow tower that grows very high then each player must remove one block at a time without the tower collapsing into a pile of […]
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skipper wrote a new post, A New Form of Popular Government 5 years, 5 months ago
A new methodology for electing government representatives is emerging. Eighteen states already have some form of ‘ranked choice voting’ in place. Instead of using ballots that pit party against party, the bal […]
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skipper wrote a new post, On Aging 5 years, 6 months ago
When mariner was very young, he remembers lots of men had a perpetual toothpick in their mouths. No point to be made; just that he remembers – isn’t that enough for an old man?
This post may read like self pit […]
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If you think it is hard to be an old man, try being an old woman! The culture is much less kind to old women, who also have to put up with the youthful fantasies of old men!
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You are a monument to strength and perseverance despite the meddling of medical science.
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Who wants to have sex with a pile of lizard skin anyway?
The secret to aging in later years is keeping oneself busy and feeling productive. Some days I spend just reading. But between teaching,consulting and home repairs I have more than enough to keep me busy. It’s just life at a slower pace for those of us that can’t keep up.
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skipper wrote a new post, Crumbs 5 years, 6 months ago
Here are a few news clips that have larger implications than one would expect.
֎ From Nate Silver’s website the following quote suggests that the economy will rebound to a lower standard of living than be […]
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skipper wrote a new post, It’s all about Sixty Year Cycles 5 years, 6 months ago
Mariner and his wife were having a discussion about the socio-economic cycles of a town. When mariner was in college, he read a book about the relationship between generational lifespan, economic growth and […]
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It doesn’t seem unreasonable that the age limits for political office should include an end bracket, too, to help ensure that the people in those roles can relate to the current era — and in addition to that, government programs that support and understand the needs of the oldest generations.
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skipper wrote a new post, The Big Shift 5 years, 6 months ago
One of Guru’s grand projections for the last half of this century is a shift from an European world (the West) as the prime influence in culture, economics and development, to one centered around the Pacific and I […]
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Given the situation in Europe (Alliances crumbling) and the chaos in our own country, I’d have to say the Vladimir Putin is a masterful manipulator. To be blunt, he is winning his war against democracy around the world. The Orange Baboon’s fealty towards him only exacerbates the situation.
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skipper wrote a new post, The Frontal Lobe versus Planet Earth 5 years, 9 months ago
The frontal lobe is responsible for abstract thinking. It is the youngest and largest region of the human brain located just behind the forehead. While the rest of the brain abides by the normal mammalian genome […]
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