Tag Archives: Aretha Franklin

The Answer Is Becoming Increasingly Apparent

The question that came to the forefront last week and is gnawing at American parents of K-12 students is what to do about the school year that is about to commence. Liberal that I am; the answer is conservative and gets more apparent with each passing day. Let’s explore. Continue reading The Answer Is Becoming Increasingly Apparent

Eulogies And Observations

Late last week and most of the weekend were dominated by memorials for Aretha Franklin and John McCain; a great singer and a great Senator. Eulogies are to funerals as hot dogs are to baseball games for most Americans. There were some that were well worth listening to. Let’s explore a few of them. Continue reading Eulogies And Observations

’67 & ’68

The title of today’s article is a riddle of sort that will be completely explained by the end. If you can guess it at this point you should be a detective or an intelligence officer. If you have it by the end of the first paragraph you must be both a baby boomer and pretty damn smart. I usually make the Sunday article about the biggest political story of the week just ended. For people of my generation another story eclipsed all others last week; the death of Aretha Franklin. In 1967 she asked for Respect and she certainly received a lot of deserved respect upon her passing. (Got it yet Jeff?) Let’s continue. Continue reading ’67 & ’68