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Changing the Narrative: Grant Rants

May 28, 2022

Mass shootings: You don't really care.

Many of you won’t read this. That’s fine. At least I will know I spoke out and spoke up.     Let me start by saying my wife and son are public school educators and I have a grandchild attending elementary school.…

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May 19, 2022

Can We Talk?

When we dehumanize and demonize our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them. Nelson Mandela   The quote is by Nelson Mandela. I found it in a…

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April 29, 2022

I Can't Wait

This past weekend, I entertained my grandson outside in the warm afternoon sun. We played in a small pool enjoying the simplicity of life. As I sat there, sipping a warming beer, watching him splash around like a future Olympic swimmer, it occurred …

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April 8, 2022

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: Why I do not support her confirmation to the Supreme Court

Many of you won’t get this far because you have already dismissed this opinion piece based on the title. Before I get into the meat of my opinion, I want to congratulate Judge Jackson on being confirmed to become the next Supreme Court Justice…

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April 8, 2022

Teachers Unions Must Go ! by Jim Fini

How we educate our kids is an emotional topic.  I've written about this in my book, Locally Grown: The Art of Sustainable Government, and in my podcast and blog. My latest podcast and blog, "America is Only as Good as It’s Public Educatio…

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April 3, 2022

The American Dream and Our National Identity Crisis

I hate to write about yet another crisis. Our media and their government supporters love to create crisis to keep our eyes off the real issues that plague this great nation. Case in point: we were recently enamored with the “slap heard ‘…

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March 23, 2022

Open Your Eyes!

Something I heard on the radio clicked with some of my thoughts about what we pay attention to and why. The government-controlled media produces the news they do not report the news. Everyone’s eyes are on the latest shiny new object which is …

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Feb. 12, 2022

Truth, Justice and the American Way.Superman becomes a globalist. Which superhero will become woke next?

In the arena of cartoon super heroes, my favorite has always been Batman. As a kid I enjoyed the Superman television show, but even then found Batman more entertaining. I'm sure the woke artist of Hollywood and all points west will disco…

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Feb. 8, 2022

"We the People": My View on the 2020 Election. During a time of civil unrest, we the people elected a man who told me if I didn't know the difference between him and Trump then I wasn't black.

On January 20th, 2021 our nation will install Joe Biden as our president. He was elected during a very unique time in our country as we, and the rest of the world attempted to navigate a pandemic caused by the coronavirus. We also experi…

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Feb. 7, 2022

Morning Thoughts: by Angie Card

  I am tired of people blaming the unvaccinated for why the economy has not picked up, blame the crappy Administration that is holding Americans hostage because of the recommendations of somebody who allegedly puts parasites on…

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