First Blog

At first, I wondered at former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his kneeling for the National Anthem.  Then, I said San Francisco, the preferred home of the left. They put this weak-minded person up to kneeling at the Anthem.  That was it, I thought. A touch of stupidity in service to politics.  Not the first down this road. Then kneeling caught on and others were doing it.  Kaepernick became a celebrity.  He does interviews. He does guest spots; maybe he's writing a book.  The usual. Then Kaepernick claimed his kneeling caused him to be blackballed from football - and what else does an American do?  He sued.  (Never mind he wasn't that great a player.) Now he is Nike's (sporting goods, shoes) advertising symbol for self-sacrifice .  Quite a stretch, considering his wealth. Currently, he has a delightful situation. Sacrificing for dollars. Suing for dollars. Appearances for dollars. Investing for more dollars. Awards. Honors. Magazine covers.   What

Going under the hood of American students reveals a corpus of young people with different ideas than in years past.    Less educated than ever before and loving it, freed from the shackles of critical understanding, flush with a new found power over flaccid administrations, American students see the world through highly personal and rather selfish viewpoints.  Risk avoidance is favored, both in action and in thought.   Mostly, they want to feel good about themselves, to make a difference, and to be allowed indifference to serious study. They seem to live in a world of talking points, to need scripted talking points for newer issues, and surely to follow the talking points of their often anonymous leaders. Reason must be combined in equal measure with emotion. Truth is also what should be so or could be so. Feeling good is isomorphic to being good. Restricting speech of some clarifies and helps deeper understanding of the real truth. Having safe spaces is important in a ho