Reba's Random RuminationsFalse EquivalenceRecently CNN fired one of its news anchors for telling the truth saying that they want to be nonpartisan in their news reporting. There is…Sep 7, 2022Sep 7, 2022
Reba's Random RuminationsLoss of Faith: Distress/Concern?Recently when visiting a doctor for a checkup, the health care professional who was doing the routine duties of checking blood pressure…Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
Reba's Random RuminationsMedia TacticsPolitics can be a touchy subject over the holidays, and this year was an intensely divisive one. For the last few years, instead of…Jan 25, 2022Jan 25, 2022
Reba's Random RuminationsWanted: Informed, Logical VotersThe function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of…Jan 18, 2022Jan 18, 2022
Reba's Random RuminationsWhy People Don’t VoteDespite the highest turnout in the 21st century of eligible voters in the 2020 election, there were still many who didn’t vote and the…Jan 11, 2022Jan 11, 2022
Reba's Random RuminationsJanuary 6, 2021 — The Defiling of Our DemocracyOne year ago, January 6, 2021, I watched in disbelief and horror (live on TV) the storming of the United States Capitol by a crazed mob of…Jan 6, 2022Jan 6, 2022
Reba's Random RuminationsHow Long Do You Want to Live?In the December 3, 2021 issue of The Week magazine, there is an article titled, “The Pursuit of Longer Life” which poses the question, “How…Jan 3, 2022Jan 3, 2022
Reba's Random RuminationsToday is the Birthday of a Remarkable WomanElfa Paulina Bissey was born on December 29, 1887. On September 20, 1908, she married Howard Oscar Burch (June 28, 1886). They had two…Dec 29, 20211Dec 29, 20211
Reba's Random Ruminations’Tis the Best of Free Speech and the Worst of Free SpeechFacebook is the ultimate free speech platform. Before Facebook and other social media, expression was controlled by a few media outlets…Dec 22, 2021Dec 22, 2021
Reba's Random RuminationsWill the ‘Better Angels of our Nature’ Prevail?As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and…Dec 16, 2021Dec 16, 2021