Born a 10th generation Oregonian, (5 generations on each side) I have an enthusiasm for learning and teaching new things. After a ten year mini career in the dental field I moved on to research and embraced the social web. Though the internet is far too large for any one person to claim to be an expert, I can hold my own with the latest trends.
I enjoy researching and writing blogs. As the "Internet Program Director" for myMotherLode.com since 2008, I update the website and have a wide variety of interests. There is always something entertaining, educational or inspirational to share.
Naturalist and children’s author Douglas Wood believed “The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.”
We’re no fan of the teaching of “Critical Race Theory” and support the non-violent efforts of concerned parents who try to turn back the tide of the “Woke” nonsense being force-fed to their children. We appreciate the observation that Condoleezza Rice, herself a child of the Jim Crow south, recently made on “The View.” She said that she wanted black children to feel “beautiful in their blackness” and added that you don’t help black kids by “making white kids feel guilty for being white.”
It’s funny to hear Boris Johnson claim that “It’s one minute to midnight on the Doomsday Clock” of climate change until you add up the carbon footprint of all those world leaders going to Glasgow, especially Biden with half his cabinet and a vehicle motorcade of more than 20 full-size SUVs that were probably flown over in who knows how many C130 military transports. It’s akin to Leonardo DiCaprio flying to Europe in a private jet to collect his award for climate change activism.
Walter Russell Mead notes that by replacing the Middle East as a swing producer, oil independence is “America’s greatest single achievement of the past decade.” And now President Biden is begging OPEC to increase the flow of their oil, while cutting off ours.
With the mis-guided decriminalization of shoplifting, in the name of “Social Justice,” there is an onslaught of the crime in cities like Chicago and San Francisco. The result? Those retailers that have been victimized time and again are closing their stores in those neighborhoods that most need a local shopping outlet. Who does it hurt? What about “Social Justice” for the working class that will now have to bear the time and expense of traveling some distance to buy the necessities that were once easily available to them.
