Hubby and I went on the Hillsdale College 10-day cruise to Alaska, aboard the Crystal Serenity. We spent about three years' worth of travel budget, but we sure got our money's worth, and more. Hillsdale does a big cruise every summer, and this was our first time. There were "Seminars at Sea", with noted speakers, including …
Category: Education
What’s happening to Education under the Union/Democratic regime
Thoughts on Independence Day
July Fourth is a day to celebrate. But what do we celebrate? Funny, but a man-on-the-street survey found that the average person does not know why we celebrate on the Fourth of July. This is depressing. If Americans don't know why July Fourth is important, how are they going to appreciate their country, and how …
What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?
In this 1983 cartoon tribute to D-Day, Charles Schultz takes his Peanuts gang to France. I thank the people of Truth Revolt for the link to this. May we never forget the brave soldiers of America and England who gave their lives so we could be free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-SC890E75g
Weekly Photo Challenge…A Most Extraordinary Dinner
In May of 2013, I organized my first Seattle Ricochet Meetup, a physical meeting of Ricochet members, around a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar held in Seattle. Ricochet members are always up for a meeting, and many Seattle members support Hillsdale College. I posted an invitation on the Member Feed, and asked for advance notice …
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Conquering my revulsion
For most of my life, I have had a revulsion reaction to people whose bodies are deformed, or whose behaviors are offensive in public. I believe this revulsion is probably hard-wired into human beings from prehistory, as a survival characteristic (others whose looks or behaviors are not "civilized" might be foes); so I'm betting that …
Celebrate our Beautiful Country
Every day, I give thanks to have been born in the Greatest Country on God's Green Earth. Our country is one of the most beautiful on Earth, with terrain ranging from blazing hot deserts, to grassy prairies, to high snow-capped mountains, to chains of beautiful blue lakes. The American people are the most generous in …
Weekly Photo Challenge: Time
I was finding this topic pretty difficult-how do you picture Time? The original description over at The Daily Post cited Matt Haig's "Reasons To Stay Alive", and he states that a way to stop time is "Read". Aha! On my trip to University of Cambridge, we went to the Library at Gonville & Caius College, …
Resilience, or…Starting a new career in middle age
Any complete career change is a crapshoot when you’re a middle-aged person. I have a Master’s degree which I never used, and from the time in the mid- 1970s when I graduated, I spent twelve years as a hospital pharmacy assistant, gaining one of the first licenses given out after they were required by Washington …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Alphabet
This photo is, to my mind, absolutely priceless. Signboard in front of the elementary school a block from where I work. I did a double-take while driving by, and just had to stop and take a picture. Do they not teach their employees to spell any more? If the staff can't spell, are any of …
Dear Muslims of the World
This piece originally appeared on the Member Feed at Ricochet. I have permission of the author, who goes by Franco, to feature it here. I am in agreement with every word. Dear Muslims of the world, The United States is not a Muslim country. We eat pork, we like dogs, we drink alcohol (a lot!). …
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