Something To Think About Archive

The only ones that benefit from the polarization in the country are the politicians as they individually strive for more power within their respective parties. The voters, however, do not like the partisanship or the politicians. Just 10% of Americans approve of Congress overall, according to a new Gallup poll, near an all-time low. This is sharply down from March 2025, when 31% of Americans approved of Congress. Over 50% of voters have an unfavorable view of each party. Roughly 25% dislike both and the majority of those polled say both parties are too extreme and not trustworthy. Still, we vote for one party or the either and the politicians never pay the price for their poor performance.

“Do something you really love;” advises designer Vera Winag. “When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.”

As retired General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell notes, “Being responsible sometimes means ticking people off.”

If you don’t like what you’re getting out of life, take a look at what you’re putting in.

Let’s be clear that none of us like war, and who knows what the end result will be of this one, but where was the hyperventilation of Schumer and Jefferies and their caucus when Bill Clinton went to war in Serbia and Barack Obama went into Libya and deposed Mommar Khadafi? Neither of those actions were with Congress’ approval. And let’s not forget that a non-nuclear Iran has been the goal of every recent Presidency.

Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us that “You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.”

It’s been noted that maybe the White House and HHS Secretary RFK, Jr should rename the MAHA movement “Make America High Again” given that the administration recently reclassified marijuana as a Schedule I drug changing its current status as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act. The fact that the pot of today is 3–5 times stronger than it was 30 years ago is a real problem. A recent U.C. San Diego study found that users experienced impaired brain development, worse verbal recall, memory, inhibition control and spatial skills. Should you go to prison for possession or use? Absolutely not. But the reclassification signals a reduction in risk that is misleading.

With all the online polymarket betting on everything from the removal of South American dictators to arcane sports outcomes, we’d be wise to remember Warren Buffet’s caution that “If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the pasty.”

Author Pearl S. Buck felt that “When hope is taken away from the people, moral degeneration follows swiftly after.”

Singer Ray Charles once noted that “Dreams, if they’re any good, are always a little crazy.”

According to English biologist and anthropologist Thomas Henry Huxley, “There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.”

Author and sociologist Mary Parker Follet claimed that “Coercive power is the curse of the universe;” while “…coactive power is the “enrichment and advancement of every human soul.”

Elizabeth Warren is wrong to blame only the Iran War and high jet fuel prices for the demise of Spirit Airlines. It’s been in the making since the Biden Administration who, in their anti-trust zeal, nixed a merger between Jet Blue and Spirit airlines that could have saved the latter. But we’re glad that the Trump Administration’s $500 million dollar bailout fell through as it’s reminiscent of Obama’s own $500 million attempted rescue of solar energy company, Solyndra, that went bankrupt anyway. We still say that the government should not be picking winners and losers in American industry

Clergyman and reformer Henry Ward Beecher believed that “Every man should have a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.”

Author Pearl S. Buck felt that “When hope is taken away from the people, moral degeneration follows swiftly after.”

Singer Ray Charles once noted that “Dreams, if they’re any good, are always a little crazy.”

According to English biologist and anthropologist Thomas Henry Huxley, “There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.”

Author and sociologist Mary Parker Follet claimed that “Coercive power is the curse of the universe;” while “…coactive power is the “enrichment and advancement of every human soul.”

Elizabeth Warren is wrong to blame the Iran War and high jet fuel prices for the demise of Spirit Airlines. It’s on the Biden Administration who, in their anti-trust zeal, nixed a merger between Jet Blue and Spirit airlines that could have saved the latter. But we’re glad that the Trump Administration’s $500 million dollar bailout fell through as it’s reminiscent of Obama’s $500 million rescue of solar energy company, Solyndra, that went bankrupt anyway. We still say that the government should not be picking winners and losers in American industry.

Clergyman and reformer Henry Ward Beecher believed that “Every man should have a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.”