Schroeder’s Corner

While we have been dealing with political violence in this nation, the world continues to spin and developments in the Israel/Gaza conflict are immense.  Turns out we have a 21-point plan to end the conflict.  Good ideas, never gonna happen. …

There is a planting patch next to my back door.  When we bought the place it was overgrown, the shrubs and flowers consumed by an ivy.  I hired a crew to clean out the bed completely and replanted a few day lilies and a red bud tree.  Only one…

I guess I am too optimistic.  I thought the Charlie Kirk assassination would represent some sort of nadir, but alas, yesterday’s ICE shooting proves me quite wrong.  Our politics are a symptom of our problems, but our problems are deep, deep in…

A simple headline count this morning would indicate the the biggest news of the last cycle was the return of a certain host to late night television – even if a significant portion of the networks affiliates did not air the show.  Disclaimer,…

Mary Shelley’s original novel, Frankenstein, is a cautionary tale.  Written in 1818, it is by today’s standards a difficult read, and since it has been made into countless movies, no one generally bothers.  But the heart of the book…