Schroeder’s Corner

There are times when I marvel at what mankind is capable of – acts so despicable, so evil that you tend to think the perpetrator is something other than human.  But they are not; they are most human – they are humanity unfettered from the…

From New York State comes the story of a Marine Corps family that had their entire savings wiped out by the New York State tax agency.  Follow the link if you want all the details but it basically boils down to bureaucrats doing bureaucratic…

I have read few things that disturbed me more than: The rights of nature is one of the fastest-growing environmental legal strategies of the past decade. Since Ecuador recognized the rights of Pachamama, the Quechua name for Mother Earth, in its…

HAUGHTY – “blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior”  That attitude has infected the Democratic Party since Obama and it is a reflection of Obama…

Way too many people in this country think that success is achieved by receiving some kind of “lucky break.”  And its true, most massively successful people, and it has been my fortune to know several in several fields, have some right time,…

The movie “Up” has one of its best running jokes in that the taking dogs can be distracted from any conversation by a squirrel.  No matter what is happening, should any dog perceive a squirrel nearby they all come to attention and look in that…

Since the pandemic, when California lurched from one personal freedom sucking restriction to another, I have referred to Gavin Newsom as “Emperor, er Governor” reflecting the fact that he showed no fear at exercising imperial levels of power. …

Mini-rant: I have seen one to many articles in the last few days attempting to judge President Trump’s “performance” in this meeting or that with some foreign leader.  It is obvious from the tone and language of the piece that…

My father grew up in dairy country in southern Minnesota.  He was raised on butter churned by a neighbor and mayonnaise blended by his mother until she died when he was twelve and thereafter by a kind neighbor lady.  Dad’s people were poverty…

Been thinking about pain a lot these past few days.  Been in a lot of pain these last few days.  Had my right knee replaced this past Wednesday, and while my experience has not been as painful as many who have gone before me have described it to…