by Fred Eder | Aug 27, 2023 | Article, Essay
Housing is a Matter of Survival Someone told me the other day that housing wasn’t a matter of survival; it’s only a matter of comfort. That’s simply not true. Across 297 counties representing 61.9% of the United States population in 2000, we estimate...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Empathy, Essay, Nonfiction, War
Carl Sagan warned us about Mutually Assured Destruction 40 years ago. If we do survive a nuclear war, the condition of our planet will be such that any life afterward will be miserable. We humans have spent trillions of dollars in an effort to learn to...
by admin | Mar 6, 2022 | Education, Essay, Nonfiction, Politics
Camera in a Classroom Iowa Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would force all public-school classrooms to have a camera that would livestream classes which parents and guardians could view online. Under the bill, school staff who did not keep...
by admin | Feb 27, 2022 | Essay, Nonfiction, Podcast, Politics, Uncategorized, Voting Rights
American Flag My first idea was to call this episode “Preserving Democracy.” The moment, however, that I refer to our system of government as a democracy, someone will shout, “We’re not a democracy; we’re a republic,” and we’re already wasting time on...
by admin | Feb 21, 2022 | Article, Dogs, Essay, Love, Nonfiction
Speedy Shine and Me It is probably unwise to do this episode because it’s likely to cost me some of the Patreon support that has helped me to get to the life I have always wanted. Sometimes when someone thinks I’m doing all right, they stop supporting me because...
by admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Article, Essay, Nonfiction
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Graphic. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario “Charo” Gutierrez) The world is a dark and scary place for many of us right now. A virus is spreading exponentially among us. We are seeing news of deaths daily. The number is always...
