Rants by Mac: Politics Today - Lots of Dollars But No Sense
Have you heard of Doug Burgum? He is an entrepreneur and a conservative politician who, since 2016, has served as the 33rd governor of North Dakota. Burgum was an angel investor and president of a software company, where he apparently, made a whole lot of money. Doug Burgum needed 40,000 individual campaign donors to q...
Aug 06, 2023
Rants by Mac: Just Read
This will be a short post. Former President Donald J. Trump was indicted again this week. In the United States judicial system all Americans are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, in a court of law. But most Americans are already convinced of Trump's guilt or innocence without knowing all ...
Aug 03, 2023
Rants by Mac: Making History
It's 2023 and a great time to be making history... Perhaps the term isn't "making history" but "RE-making history." In today's political world some things that you THINK happened, never did, because our politicians have decided they didn't. Or facts have been modified (alternative facts?) so that we...
Jul 25, 2023
Rants by Mac: Choose Kindness
Choose Kindness When did we lose kindness? I explored this topic in 2018; could it be that long ago? The situation has not improved. Whether it's a social media connection, an issue at a school board meeting, a political discussion, or a Little League baseball game, have you witnessed a lot of kindness? Has tolerance t...
Jul 19, 2023
Leave Us Alone
I have never been to a drag show. I never was interested in attending one, no one ever asked me, or coerced me, to attend one. And since it is not on my interest meter, I don't know where or when they occur. I really do not care. I also have never been to a monster truck rally, an opera, a professional soccer game, or ...
Jul 03, 2023