The American story drenched in bitter hardships overcome is the most American of stories. It’s the woman who married a man in the 1930’s only to learn he was not the man she thought he was. Who was he?
SPEAK HYSTERICALLY AND PUSH A BIG SCHTICK? NOT TEDDY
September 1, 2020 by
A manly man, one who pushes their manliness over the limit, uses a big schtick. We like them, we fear them, we want to be them. But, there are conditions. It’s hard being a soft man pretending to be a manly man. Do you know the difference? Here to help.
AMERICAN JOBS: HOW TO GET FIRED
August 3, 2020 by
American jobs cross all boundaries and occupations. Work life is the common thread that connects east to west, north to south. From fields to factories, back rooms to board rooms, Americans show up to get things done. What does it take to get fired in America?
AMERICAN STORY FROM THE LEFT COAST
July 24, 2020 by
Listen hard enough and the sound of progress is the American story. But coming from the wrong mouth to the wrong ears, the story gets twisted a different direction. Is progress defined as making new discoveries to help more people live better lives? I’m going with that until you, dear reader, come up with something […]
DAD BOSS TAKES A STAND, (with wife’s approval)
April 7, 2020 by
Every dad boss worth a damn had the right woman for back up. Is it true? Sift through the sands in your hourglass for the outstanding influencers in your life. Go ahead, I’ll wait . . . If you remember that teacher, that coach, that neighbor, for their insight on situations good and bad, men […]
AMERICAN POWER: PURSE FOR PEACE OPINION
November 21, 2019 by
Watching American power working, and listening to the cast of characters doing government business on television, shows one thing: they are not prime time players. By that, I mean they don’t connect dots very convincingly. Even my major news source, the blogging Bruce Linder, hasn’t hit this one yet, but I heard one person yesterday. […]
PERSONAL IDENTITY BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA POST
July 19, 2019 by
Meeting new people who roll out their personal identity is a thrill when it works out. I’ve learned so much by listening. (No matter what people who know me say, I do listen, just not to them.) An American family tradition, maybe your family tradition, is being kind to strangers, of giving others the benefit […]
Another Moment Of All American Serendipitous Patriotism
September 8, 2018 by
“If you’ve ever wondered what you’d have done had you lived during the era of slavery, the Holocaust, or the Civil Rights Movement — whether you’d have stood & spoken up; whether you’d have intervened to help someone or been complicit in harming them through your silence — you have your answer. […]
All American Moment Of Serendipitous Patriotism
September 7, 2018 by
One fine summer day in Philadelphia I found myself walking east on Market Street in the company of friends and family toward Independence Hall. The Liberty Bell was still in residence. I remember aunts and uncles and cousins and roommates all hiking toward the July 4th, 1976 Bicentennial speech given by […]
Continental Divide: A Place Not An Attitude
August 9, 2018 by
Since I was in the neighborhood I kept a look out for this sign: Continental Divide. It goes one way or the other. Water follows the path of least resistance? That’s the story. One side drains to the east, the other to the west. That’s lots of drainage and it starts with […]
