Country Joe and The Fish sang these lyrics and spoke these words at Woodstock in 1969: Intro Spoken Give me an “F! …”F”! give me a “U”! …”U”! Give me a “C”! …”C” Give me a “K”! …”K”! WHATS THAT SPELL? …”f___!” (x5) Well come on all of you big…

Rules are for Sissies — Cheaters Generally Win Society is having a crisis moment where cheaters, liars and rule breakers are succeeding with impunity. All of us have heard the phrase, “Cheaters Never Win”. Well, this is a nice way of saying, “that is what we want to have happen…

My point of view is better than yours — so there! Currently we have become a world where no one is listening or accepting of any challenges to their established comfort zone. At the same time, each of us has a point of view and a desire to be heard…

Creating the Perfect Sandwich Earl of Sandwich’s name is immortalized as one of the world’s most efficient edibles. He is a real person and yes there is a story. The story, loosely told, for the edible that bears his name is that while playing cards he did not want to…

Stories In Real Life May Not End Well As political chaos grows in this country and across our planet, our common sense and desire for understanding are disappearing. Living in a world that is on always on the verge of a lawlessness, profiting from constant war and retaliation for something…

Seeing Behind the Curtain Living in the land of OZ where wizards rule and residents are fed an ideological gruel that divides us and at the same time wants us to believe that we are the greatest of all nations. …

Defending the Indefensible As Americans, it seems we keep choosing the path of least resistance when confronted with political and media hypocrisy. Accountability is rarely achieved and the exonerators parade wears down everyone’s emotional clock. …

The World is Missing America’s Positive Voice America is a young country and, in many ways, still an experiment. As a country and democratic republic, we are 243 old. The Athenian democracy lasted 186 years. Democracies, countries and empires are fragile. Currently we are living in a world that has…

As a writer, artist and doer of many things I have heard the comment; “It must be fun to be creative”. The quick response is a polite thank you and when possible, I start a dialogue with the person about their creative interests. …