TheWorx

My previous piece on the AR-15 left me wanting . There was something missing from my usual Second Amendment position. I have come up with three additional possibilities for the allure of the AR-15 not covered in my previous blogs. None of them, IMHO, have merit; nevertheless I do not condemn those who may harbor unreasonable and oft irrational fears. The first no leader can hope to assuage. I hypothesize that my fellow Americans may want the semi-automatic weapon because they fear that no authority can protect them from a race war. The reasons why they may fear a race war are complex and deserve a bigger treatment that what I could provide here. Nevertheless, bigotry is to be found around every nook and corner of the world and it rears its ugly head when we fail to analyze history in all its ramifications. Diversity* is good for any species including our own. Merely look at the success of England, a country invaded from three directions in its history and ended up benefiting from ...

I forgot to mention Stephanie Ruhle and Velshi. For anything money-related, they're the best. Morning Joe does have Steve Rattner who also tells it like it is succinctly. Rep Joe Kennedy III's speech got short shrift, imho. I personally hung on his every word. The Presidents SOTU speech, in retrospect, seemed to be orchestrated. I've never seen so much clapping almost with every sentence uttered. That the President lives off applause was apparent by the way he himself applauds to encourage more applause and the way he turned to the Dems to ask them to applaud because he had said something they should like. Mr. Brokaw on Hallie Jackson passed a comment that U.S. residents speaking Spanish irked English speakers. That may be so but it must be understood (I speak as a bilingual) that Spanish is an easy language to learn and to speak. Going to English--at least for a first generation resident--is like being forced to use a backhoe when a spade would do. That is, English is ...

I have come to recognize POTUS' behaviors as those of a sociopath but before we get too involved, the reader needs to understand that sociopaths play a needed role in our society--they make the best surgeons, soldiers, lawyers, and, unfortunately for the consumer, businessmen. The main reason for their success in these areas is that a sociopath is cool and collect. More so than in the average person, he/she is able to think without emotional baggage or emotion that can cloud one's judgment. However, that is not to say that our sociopath friends and family (if you look for them, you'll find them) are stoics and can keep from showing us their very universal "human" side. On the contrary, when personally assaulted, for instance, they are quite capable of lashing out at others and being as vindictive as the next guy. Let's outline the sociopath's characteristics and then relate them one by one to President Trump: Deficient in Empathy Uses Glib responses ...