Trying to Navigate the Middle of the Road
I’ve lived in two neighboring towns my whole life, and right now, I’m in the one I grew up in. Lately, the town’s been doing some stuff I don’t get. First off, I barely go on social media anymore, especially Facebook, because it’s such a negative space, and I don’t need that in my life. But now and then, I’ll check in to see what’s happening.
I honestly don’t know what to make of the Trump administration. Some of the stuff he does seems fine to me, but then other things just leave me scratching my head, like, why?
The latest thing is his Health and Human Services Secretary, R.F.K. Jr. (I think that’s his title), saying there’s some link between taking Tylenol during pregnancy and kids having autism. Oh, and if you have a boy and he’s circumcised, that could somehow be connected to autism, too. Where do they even come up with this stuff? I just don’t get it. R.F.K. says these things, Trump seems to go along with it, and they make a big deal out of it. I don’t understand why.
Four different cities. Four different states. Until today, they probably have had almost nothing in common. Until today, there has been no connection between them. Now all four are connected because of mass shootings. We can add these to the list of over 320 other mass shootings so far this year.
I used to write a lot, now, not so much. I guess I haven’t had much to say. Either that or no one seems to listen. But it is time to dust of the old keyboard and say what’s on my mind. I’m scared of this coronavirus. Continue reading “The Perfect Crisis”
Is Atlas finally shrugging? After our emergency alert from the president yesterday I am beginning to wonder.
When did we replace rational, intelligent, calm discussion with shouting, vulgarity, and irrationality? Back in the old days, this kind of conversation was relegated to barrooms and pool halls. Now it takes place even on the national news. What happened?
How do we get to the truth when we live in a world of sound bites, tweets and facebook posts that can spread lies around the globe in minutes? We can polarize millions and cause action and reaction with one click of the share button.
The more things change. Now that I am semi back from my self-imposed writing exile I think I will throw out some random thoughts. So much hasn’t happened since I stopped writing regularly.
The more they stay the same. Today I spent some time looking at some of the blogs I created over the past years. The most popular one was called “It’s Clear as Mud” which doesn’t appear to exist anymore. Probably because I didn’t renew the domain name. I also wrote the “Sturbridge Tea Party” blog. Both of these were mostly about politics.
Does the government have to right to decide who lives and who dies? Does the government have the right to decide who is useful and who is not? Does the government have the right to decide who will make better use of universal healthcare dollars? Does the government have the right to play God? (Originally published: 5/23/2018)
