Dust off your Ronald Reagan pompoms, break out the champagne and get ready to celebrate. There's a tax cut coming, if Congress acts as expected. Prosperity will flow down from on high, benefitting all us lowly working-class peons, thanks to our president and his minions in Congress. Just, don't listen to that nagging sound in … Continue reading Cutting taxes, all the way to the sewer
Month: November 2017
Bursting your bubble
Control is an illusion; presence is real We, as human beings, tend to live in an eternal quest for control. Whether it is control over our finances, our kids or the path of our lives in general, we are constantly chasing the illusion that we are in total control of what's coming up next. People … Continue reading Bursting your bubble
Giving thanks for the harvest to come
Thanksgiving has passed, leftovers are packed away, and, if we’re lucky, the antacids are working. Hopefully we took time to give thanks. I am blessed with an amazing wife, two wonderful daughters, good friends, a reverent and inspiring church, my job and a warm place to sleep tonight, among other blessings. But, I’d like to … Continue reading Giving thanks for the harvest to come
Guns, violence and our dwindling middle ground
Last week, I wrote about two horrific acts of violence. I wrote, in part, about how we’d already forgotten the loud cries for common sense gun regulation — specifically, banning bump stocks — in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting. I wrote in that column that we were apparently waiting until the next mass … Continue reading Guns, violence and our dwindling middle ground
James R. Neal 