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My New Friend in Gaza

As my readers are aware, about 10 months ago, I started receiving a deluge of requests from people who live in Gaza and were suffering due to Israeli bombardment, Hamas corruption, displacement, starvation, disease, and lack of drinking water. I wrote about my struggle to help the desperate, while understanding that I could not possibly help all 2 million people who live there....

My New Friend in Gaza As my readers are aware, about 10 months ago, I started receiving a deluge of requests from people who live in Gaza and were suffering due to Israeli bombardment, Hamas corruption, displacement, st…

Should We Stay or Should We Go? Part 3

Readers of this blog know that as soon as the sociopath who occupies the White House won last November's election, my wife Sheryl and I, started discussing where we would go if life were no longer tenable in the United States. We quickly settled on Vancouver Island, and as I wrote in Part 2 of this series, we spent a week in Victoria followed by a short time in Sooke, about an hour west of Victoria, with friends who escaped the US after the sociopath first occupied the White House after the 2016 election....

Should We Stay or Should We Go? Part 3 Readers of this blog know that as soon as the sociopath who occupies the White House won last November’s election, my wife Sheryl and I, started discussing where we would go if life were no l…

The simple greeting, "how are you?," has become so fraught this year. I'm known for being brutally honest, so when people ask me this simple question, even though I have a lot of good things going on in my life, I can no longer answer with a simple, "fine" or "ok." I usually put a qualifier on it, by saying something like, "other than the world falling apart, I'm fine."...

How are you? The simple greeting, “how are you?,” has become so fraught this year. I’m known for being brutally honest, so when people ask me this simple question, even though I have a lot of …

Readers of this blog may recall that shortly after the sociopath who now occupies the White House was re-elected in November of last year, I pondered the possibility of my wife and I leaving for Canada. Since that time, of course, things have rapidly deteriorated in our nation, from masked ICE raids on law abiding long-time residents of this country to massive reduction in Medicaid benefits and so much horror in between....

Should We Stay or Should We Go? Part 2 Readers of this blog may recall that shortly after the sociopath who now occupies the White House was re-elected in November of last year, I pondered the possibility of my wife and I leaving for Ca…