"I think that this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." John F. Kennedy, April 29, 1963, White House dinner honoring American Nobel Prize winners.
August 5, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
They were an impressive group: Five governors, three senators, a successful businessman and a pediat...
"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; The green ey'd monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." William Shakespeare "Othello"
July 22, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Sometimes you can't win for winning.
Top the polls with 24 percent and the popular kids still won't let you in.
You've seen it before. But that was way back in high school.
Donald Trump is taking a beating, courtesy of his colleagues in the GOP.
..."Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?" Indiana Jones, "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
July 15, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
So what's the flap about? The U.S. made a deal with Iran. And yes, it was a nuclear deal.
We have the president's reassurances that it's all good and you know you can rely on that.
Naturally, right away, Israel's prime minister was out there saying his country will not be bound by the agreement. Th...
"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." Anatole France, French Poet and Nobel Prize Winner
July 8, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Didn't you always suspect that "Rational Thought" was just another example of "White Privilege?"
I mean, who wouldn't?
And now we have it straight from The New York Times' mouth, by way of a Syracuse University professor's mouth.
Prof. John ...
"First they came for the Socialists and I did not speak out -- because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists and I did not speak out -- because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out -- because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak for me." - Martin Niemoller, Protestant Pastor and outspoken public foe of Adolph Hitler. The pastor spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration cam...
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our Liberty." Thomas Jefferson
June 24, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Wouldn't it be easy if we were more like ISIS?
We'd have Sharia law and that would make things a lot more simple.
Everything would be black and white, no inconvenient shades of gray.
Although some have noted that there isn't m...
"It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then." Alice, "Alice in Wonderland," Lewis Carroll
June 17, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
The American Dream may be hanging on the ropes, but it's still alive and kicking.
In America today, young couples usually have a house, landscaped and fully furnished, before the wedding reception is over.
And anyone can grow up to be preside...
"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." Albert Schweitzer
June 10, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
If you're living, it's happened to you.
You're feeling okay, then somebody comes along who makes you feel "not okay," mostly because they're not okay.
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"Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts." E.B. White
June 3, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
In 2014 North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un was elected with 100 percent turnout and 100 percent approval.
Of course that was because there was no one else on the ballot.
We don't do things that way. Islam can have its Sharia law and Kim Jong Un can run his country the way he r...
"If there was ever one person who was absolutely indispensable to the American Revolution and American independence, it was George Washington." Daniel Walker-Howe, Historian
May 27, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
He turned a rag-tag group of men into a disciplined army.
He kept his troops together with sheer force of will and character.
When offered, he refused the title of king.
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