I have friends who voted for Biden and I have friends who voted for Trump. I have friends who voted for neither and friends who didn’t...

The United States is still the wealthiest country in the world. We also suffer from wealth inequality and a lack of real representation...

I have periods of overwhelming doubt: Nothing seems to be going right, everything I planned is not working out. Right now, I am starting...

I work in a campground so a big part of my job is getting people to slow down. As irritating and unsafe as their speeding is, I get it; I...

What is vulnerability? The ability to cry? Feeling things intensely? I would say it’s simply being a human being. All of us have...

Nature abhors a vaccum: If you are opting out of one thing, you need to be opting into something else. If you, for example, don’t feel at...

You know how it is: You have all this stuff to do and you push yourself too hard, don’t allow yourself any down time. I thought I’d...

I will be moving from the United States as soon as it becomes practical to do so; my estimate would be one to two years. There are many...

It is important for me to clarify that this is not me bad mouthing the United States, the country I was born in and have lived in my...

It has opined that my generation, Generation X, is the last one with a “work ethic." We are the youngest to believe in the “American...

When will there be new books? To answer that I need to go into my living situation. My boss (very generously) has been letting me staying...

Going into 2023, twenty states will have a minimum wage of $7.25. Some of the twenty states do not have a set minimum wage and simply...

In the United States Socialism is a dirty word. It is spit out like a rancid piece of food at the mention of any social programs or...

Show me the United States. If you asked that, I would take you to Costco. I was in the Palm Springs version of that store and it struck...

As predicted, I have calmed down or at least my anger has changed to frustration. I am not going to be negative, I am not just going say...

I remember my grandparents hundreds of books, they took up one wall of the living room. Three of them were John Dos Passos USA trilogy....

I feel out of place in the country where I was born and have lived all my life. This feeling has existed for a decade or so but has...

I feel the need to be doing something, to be productive; there are always books to write, plans to be made, things to figure out. There...