Frequently Asked
Questions
Why should I bother checking out this blog?
That is a puzzle, eh? With so much noise coming at each of us every second of every day online and through other channels, do we really need another voice or outlet, particularly one that, I acknowledge, may not add any content that enriches the public discourse? No, we do not. But I am not standing up this blog to enrich anything, but rather as a healthy and lawful means of getting some thoughts off my chest, and sharing other matters that I consider interesting or important. I don’t seek positive reinforcement (I could not care less about that), but I do hope that another possible consequence might be to encourage others to start their own blogs and express their views in other healthy and lawful ways. Writing to politicians who will never read, or worse dismiss, the incoming, or sending letters to the editor which are routed to the circular file, or even carrying a placard in a peaceful demonstration, do not strike me as sufficient for these times. So as for this blog, just like Wilford Brimley used to say about oatmeal, “It’s the right thing to do.” And I yearn to identify other healthy and lawful measures I might consider taking, and so a third objective of this blog is that people enlighten me about those.