"So often in the past there has been a division between left and right, between capitalism and communists or socialists, and especially in the Americas, that's been a big debate...Those are interesting intellectual arguments, but I think for your generation, you should be practical and just choose from what works. You don't have to worry about whether it really fits into socialist theory or capitalist theory. You should just decide what works." Barack Obama, Addressing Students i...
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." David Brinkley
March 16, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
We are told: Don't shoot the messenger, never blame the victim. It's good advice.
What some may call a messenger's "inflammatory language," others may call "the truth."
Donald Trump could have lost his life on March 12. A protester rushed the stage at a rally i...
"Be ready to revise any system, scrap any method, abandon any theory, if the success of the job requires it." Henry Ford
March 9, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
It used to be that Americans thought businessmen like Henry Ford and Milton Hershey were role models. They were hard-working guys who were willing to take a risk, and after the risk paid off, they created jobs for others.
And no one paid their freight.
The...
"You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go." Yogi Berra
March 2, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
There's "Old Money," and there's "New Money."
"Old Money" doesn't want to rub shoulders with "New Money." They're afraid "New Money" won't know which fork to use, might show up wearing the wrong outfit to play tennis at their country club...Or have the gall to run for president for their Party...
"Trading old broken mirrors that feed lies into our souls, for new mirrors of freedom requires choices." Danielle Bernock, Author
February 24, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
In May, 2012, Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, and of course the American media covered it.
But during the TV coverage, it came as a surprise that perky Katie Couric didn't get an interview with the lady of the day, Queen Elizabeth. As it turn...
"I realize, Your Honor, we're hardly a moral society anymore. We derive hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue from pornography, gambling, tobacco, illegal drugs, prostitution...So what's the big deal about a few distasteful attorney ads? Well, a lot. What does it say when the officers of our court -- the players in our justice system -- overtly embrace sleaziness? I realize we can't all be noble, but what's truly sad is that integrity, dignity -- they aren't even goals we aspir...
"A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of the sheep." Vernon Howard, American philosopher
February 10, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Who do heck do these people think they are?
The unbridled nastiness! Ganging up on one candidate! Rooting for him to fail! Telling us we can't choose who we want for a candidate!
The attacks on Trump are brutal and t...
"In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock." Thomas Jefferson
February 3, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
It hurts when people don't like your kid.
He's not good with people. He's not good at speaking in public. He's not good at a lot of things, but you love him and you think he's gifted.
"If only the world knew him the way I do," you think.
So you go to th...
"What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for you, basically what they're going to do is write what they want to write and discredit you. They're going to write and say what they want to say, no matter what you tell them." Floyd Mayweather, American World Champion Boxer
January 27, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
"Experts" abound. Tempers are short. Opinions are unbridled.
It is the ...
"I suppose there are some people that are uncomfortable with a dynasty." Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, regarding presidential candidate Jeb Bush's campaign
January 20, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Eight years ago, the American people bought a pig in a poke.
Voters were so eager to elect the first black American president, they didn't care who it was. Determined to show the world they weren't racis...