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Tolerance is killing the Church, maybe we should let it.
The Louisiana law requiring the 10 Commandments from the Lutheran Church be posted in all public schools and colleges is just another spasm in the death throes of a wounded and dying animal. Religiosity is dying out, becoming less important in our daily lives. Christians once made up a super-majority of the US population. Despite…
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Should your next RV have an onboard laundry? The Pro’s and Con’s from a Full-Timer
The first recognized ‘RV’ was built in 1910, according to the RVIA. As far back as people have been camping in RV’s they’ve had a need for clean clothes. For the weekend camper it was sufficient to wait until you got home to do your laundry but things have changed. Today people live on the…
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Is it safe to RV?
This May marks one-year for our Full-Time RV Life. The first 6 months we spent doing some modifications to our new 5th wheel, and taking some 1 and 2 week jaunts around our new home base of Vancouver, Washington. This past November as the pacific north west received its first dusting of snow, my wife…
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New In-n-Out restaurants may be a pig-in-a-poke for communities in Western states
As a So-Cal native, birthplace of In-n-Out, I have since 1994 visited one of their restaurants 286 times and have been to dozens of locations across multiple states. One thing I can tell you is that this is not like other burger chains, it literally has a cult following. As the chain has started to…
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Our First Year as Snowbirds
We bought our first trailer in 2002, a Jayco Kiwi hybrid. Every summer I took my wife and son on a 3 week excursion to national and state parks across the western US and Canada, as well as other trips during the year. The first time I heard the term ‘snowbird’ was in 2003. We…
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I’m Worried About What Our Kids are Learning In School, or Not
Concerned about the educational standards in their city, the author relocated to Yorba Linda, California, for better schooling opportunities for his son. Despite active parental involvement and enriching activities, he encountered an alarming incident where a teacher, misinformed about WWII facts, incorrectly graded his son’s accurate essay. This incident highlights wider issues of educational deficiencies…
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I support the border wall, but it won’t work. And what we can do that will.
I grew up in a staunchly Republican family. My mom grew up during the Great Depression and knitted hats and scarves for our troops overseas during WW2. Yet to her dying day she referred to FDR as that ‘damn democrat.’ When I became a father, and absent the influence of my family, my political alignment…
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Enid Oklahoma Recalls White Supremacist Councilman, it Was All For Show
In August 2017 I was aghast when I turned on the evening news and saw Nazi’s and KKK members marching in the streets of Charlottesville carrying torches. I had to check to make sure that I hadn’t accidentally turned on the History Channel or Mississippi Burning. I hadn’t. This was actually on the news, happening…
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OPINION: We don’t have a Housing Crisis, we have a Population Problem.
A former real estate agent challenges the idea of a national housing crisis, instead attributing the issue to regional population imbalances. Numerous vacant homes exist nationwide, yet people concentrate in areas with housing shortages. The author observes varying responses to homelessness and vacant properties, suggesting incentivizing relocation to towns with empty homes as part of…
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Growing up Republican, and why I’m not anymore.
Initially adhering to his family’s staunch Republican legacy by voting for candidates like Reagan and McCain, the author’s perspective shifted following McCain’s dignified 2008 loss. Disillusionment grew as Trump’s administration propagated racism, incompetence, and disdain for democratic values. This culminated in the author’s departure from the Republican Party, transitioning towards liberal Democratic values, motivated by…