Book: “Kent State: An American Tragedy” by Brian VanDeMark

| July 2, 2025

A Kindle book on hold at the library arrived just as I finished the last book (checked out twice), so the timing for a summer read was perfect. Likely I’ll be slow in reading “Kent State: An American Tragedy” published in 2024 and written by Brian VanDeMark, but I will do my best.  First off […]

Hm .. the tale of two different White House celebrations

| June 14, 2025

America under Democrat President Biden vs Republican President Trump couldn’t be more different — we are clearly a divided nation when it comes to politics; even the lighting displays at the White House are different. Earlier in my life I always thought both political parties wanted the same thing, but just had different philosophies as […]

Music Monday: Social unrest and the 1970s song Chevy Van

| September 28, 2020

It’s likely the politics and social unrest from a decade of racial tension, the Vietnam quagmire and the impeachment, then resignation, of disgraced President over his involvement and cover-up in Watergate was as upsetting to Americans in the early 1970s as events are today. As as young student the politics of the day should have […]

Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
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