House Speaker Johnson: I praised you in a previous post (April 21, 2024) for allowing legislation to fund the government to be brought to the floor which allowed America to send to Ukraine much needed military supplies and equipment to defend their country against aggression by Vladimir Putin (who incidentally is a buddy of Trump…

I drove out of my driveway on the way to some errand, then to the intersection where I encountered a tall thin statuesque bird slowly walking across the street striding with majesty from one sidewalk to the other, oblivious to lesser creatures like me. I honked my horn and shouted, “Get out of my way!…

Tevye is the main character in the musical play, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and book by Joseph Stein, based on Sholom Aleichem’s story, TEVYE AND HIS DAUGHTERS. In the play, Tevye speaks with God and says, “I know we are supposed to be the chosen people, but next time maybe you…

many years ago when I was in the army my first bus ride from Seoul to Dongduchon so different than Chicago and the Illinois prairie, so far from home in a strange land of mountains hovering above rice patties and the road of broken cement packed with buffalo, vehicles, and pedestrians all in a chorus…

Of all the things of value, time is the most precious, more than paper money, more than stocks or bonds, more than a bag of gold or diamonds. But time can not sit in its bag untouched. It is inevitably disbursed, and when my bag is empty, I will be gone.

Joe, keep up the good work. I know that in America’s role in the Israel – HAMAS conflict you are pummeled from the Left and the Right, but have remained true to reality and honesty. You stood up to Netanyahu when that was indicated, and you did not cave in to pressure from Palestinian-American voters…