Rainy Summers and Great AdventuresJuly 17, 2017Mary Ann CallahanNo Comments It’s raining again. An intense thunderstorm is rolling through, causing my cats to hide and my dog to sit forlornly before me, his head…
Nothing’s Been Easy Since 1776July 5, 2017Mary Ann CallahanAmerica, Fourth of July, US PoliticsNo CommentsTwo hundred and forty one years ago today, July 4, when the Declaration of Independence was posted on the doors of public buildings around the…
A Most Important American ValueJuly 2, 2017Mary Ann CallahanAmerica, Humanity, people, politics, sharing, the Fourth of JulyNo Comments It’s the Fourth of July 2017, the 241st birthday of these United States. It is also a time of great division, anger and frustration.…
A Cloud the Size of a FistJune 29, 2017Mary Ann CallahanAHCA, Bi-partisanship, Healthcare Debate, The ACA, US democracyNo CommentsIn the Old Testament of the Bible, the Prophet Elijah is praying for rain after a long drought. He sends his servant out to look…
Let Them Eat Cake….If You Can Find Someone to Bake It For YouJune 27, 2017Mary Ann CallahanACA, AHCA, Bi-partisanship, Healthcare, Obamcare, Partisanship, Trumpcare, US PoliticsNo CommentsThe more conservative elements of our great society have been sending some very interesting messages of late. It has been suggested that the current…
Triangulating News and Perspectives, TooJune 23, 2017Mary Ann CallahanBi-partisanhsip, bias, Congress, Democrats, Facebook, Humanity, Living in the US, media, News Reporting, Political Dialogue, political division, politics, Republicans, US media, US news reporting, ZuckerbergNo CommentsMy son is fond of saying that to properly appreciate the news, one must triangulate it. It is not enough to listen to one reporting…
It’s Hard to Say Your Yogurt is SourJune 23, 2017Mary Ann CallahanCongress, Democrats, Humanity, people, Republicans, The US President, trump, US GovernmentNo CommentsIt’s a rare thing when I can see a direct connection between the folk wisdom of Afghanistan and current events in the US. Today, however,…
The Rules of the GardenJune 20, 2017Mary Ann CallahanACA, AHCA, Congress, Democracy, Democrats, Healthcare, Party Politics, Republicans, Trumpcare, US Constitution, US GovernmentNo CommentsMy garden used to be my mother’s garden. As I was working in it recently, it occurred to me that I had made great changes…
The Class of 2017June 18, 2017Mary Ann Callahanconnecting, graduation, kids, life, people, schools, sharing, youthNo Comments Having a blog can cause one to record thoughts that would normally just pass through the brain as a complex and constant web of information…
The Alex Jones Interview: What’s the Difference This Time?June 18, 2017Mary Ann CallahanAlex Jones, CNN Interview, Megyn Kelly, News Reporting, Political Dialogue, US Political Dialogue, US PoliticsNo CommentsAs I watched my usual compilation of Sunday morning programming this Father’s Day 2017, I heard a very interesting piece on the upcoming Megyn Kelly…