Thinking out loud.  If we all had the same FACTS, we’d see less division, fewer extremes, and way less people believing misinformation.  But do we actually know the numbers? USAFacts is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit initiative founded by ex-Microsoft CEO (and wonderfully...

I don’t want to pay any more taxes than I already do.  I’ll grit my teeth and put up with paying the same tax rate.  If my tax rate goes up, I’ll be supremely pissed at my elected representatives … local, state, and federal … and will vote against the incumbents.  (If...

The plane / helicopter crash tragedy is getting a lot of coverage on Baltimore’s local news.  Perhaps more than some of my friends see. I was very positively impressed by the job federal, state, and local government agencies and people did and are doing. Reagan National...

  I see a lot of Trump bashing on social media, and that’s ok.  But I got thinking about the value of that.    Raising concerns about … and opposing … policies and programs is fine; that’s what the loyal opposition should do.  And in this time of declining mental health, maybe venting...