Collection of opinion columns from original Boomer With a View blog. Sorted from oldest to newest.
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Boys will be boys: a male perspective after the month of Weinstein
Read more: Boys will be boys: a male perspective after the month of WeinsteinOriginally published November 2, 2017 I suppose we could take some consolation in the October media storm over revelations of sexual predation by men in powerful positions and the cascade of women’s voices in response. I mean, at least it gave us some relief from everything always being about Trump … oh. Well. Never mind.…
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Tips for combatting TFS (Trump Fatigue Syndrome)
Read more: Tips for combatting TFS (Trump Fatigue Syndrome)Originally Published November 10, 2017 Trump Fatigue Syndrome. Yes, it is a thing. I checked on Google. To be honest, it hasn’t made it to Wikipedia yet. But, even if this is the first time you have heard the term, you get the reference, don’t you? The condition is characterized by: weariness from the sheer…
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Believe it or not, some things are universal
Read more: Believe it or not, some things are universalOriginally published November 15, 2017 A couple of articles caught my eye today. Like most Boomers, I have more than a passing interest in health and longevity. Naturally, when I considered where to start reading this morning—Jeff Sessions confronting accusations of lying to the Senate, another accusation of sexual assault against Roy Moore, presidential pressure…
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On the road, on taxes, on times that need a-changin’
Read more: On the road, on taxes, on times that need a-changin’Originally published December 1, 2017 Oh, but it’s all right, it’s all rightFor we lived so well so longStill, when I think of the roadWe’re traveling onI wonder what went wrongI can’t help it, I wonder what’s gone wrong And I dreamed I was dyingAnd I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedlyAnd looking back down…
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State of the Union, MLK Version
Read more: State of the Union, MLK VersionOriginally published January 15, 2018 It has been a year, close enough, since the billionaire populist gave his rousing Inaugural “American Carnage” speech to the mostly invisible millions on the Capitol Mall. Anticipating his first State of the Union address in just two weeks, I thought Martin Luther King Day seemed a fitting occasion to…
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Students from Parkland are not asking for “thoughts and prayers”
Read more: Students from Parkland are not asking for “thoughts and prayers”Originally published February 22, 2018 “Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.” -commonly attributed to Nelson Mandela With students safely loaded on buses and ushered homeward in crosswalks…
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Rick Santorum drafted by White House as special adviser
Read more: Rick Santorum drafted by White House as special adviserOriginally published April 1, 2018 In a surprise Easter press release, the White House today announced that former Senator and presidential candidate, Rick Santorum, will join the administration to serve as a special adviser to President Trump. Sources are saying that Trump, adhering to his recent pattern of recruiting staffers, cabinet members, and lawyers based…
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Is America Shrinking?
Read more: Is America Shrinking?MAGA is a cruel repudiation of the sacrifices of the Greatest Generation Originally published July 28, 2018 During a 2015 visit to France, my wife Ann and I slowly wandered in separate directions, reading gravestones in the American Cemetery on the bluff above Omaha Beach. I glanced up as a middle-age woman approached. “Are you…
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Defending the Enemy of the People
Read more: Defending the Enemy of the PeopleWe are weary of the daily spectacle; worn down by the constant battering at the bulwarks of our democracy; dispirited that 40% of our fellow citizens applaud or accept a manifestly unfit president; feel betrayed by the cynical complicity of Republicans in DC and state capitals; tempted to just tune it all out. Well, it…
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The Rule of Law and the Kurious Kase of Kavanaugh
Read more: The Rule of Law and the Kurious Kase of KavanaughOriginally published September 21, 2018 The freedom enjoyed by the British public depends upon a sovereign Parliament, the impartiality of the courts, judicial freedom from governmental interference, and the supremacy of the common law. –Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution, 1885, by British jurist A.V. Dicey,…