Posts by the Roaring Ellie
The Two Percent
My birthday was this past weekend. It’s my favorite time of year on Facebook, largely because I hear from all the people who are my friends; the people I know personally. The entire rest of the year my feed is inundated with memes, advertisements and tiktok snippets that despite my resistance mesmerize me and capture…
Read MoreCancel Culture
Ben Franklin – Insurance Pioneer Although the idea of insurance has existed for thousands of years and dates all the way back to ancient Greece – when merchants purchased a type of insurance against possible loss of cargo due to bad weather at sea – the insurance industry as we know in the United States…
Read MoreMy Ode to Phil
I cannot recall the exact time I began watching the Phil Donahue show, but it was sometime in the 70’s. After only one show, I was completely absorbed and rarely missed another. It was my first real love affair with a talk show, and I was hooked. Phil Donahue had a way of educating without…
Read MoreTo Be or Not to Be – Indivisible?
Indivisible is defined as unable to be divided or separated. In this piece, it denotes that which appears in our Pledge of Allegiance. The first version was written in 1885 by Captain George Thatcher Balch, a Union Army officer in the Civil War who later authored a book on how to teach patriotism to children in public…
Read MoreLook Who’s Talking
Over the years, I have found it curious that public servants earning two hundred thousand dollars per year (or less) could definitively command a net worth of several million dollars. I began chasing this information to satisfy my own curiosity. Salaries for public officials were increased by Trump while in office. Those change became effective…
Read MoreBait and Switch
Spanning the Globe bringing you the constant variety of sports. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. The human drama of athletic competition. This is ABC’s Wide World of Sports. That intro came into use in 1978. It’s inspiration: A ski jumper by the name of Vinko Bogataj from the former Yugoslavia, described…
Read MoreThe Last (supper) Straw
· Whether a loyal fan or an occasional watcher, the Olympics is a draw for all viewers around the world. This year’s 2024 Olympics is taking place in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was seen by some 28.6 million viewers, many of whom then took to their keyboards and began expressing discontent over the drag…
Read MoreThrowing Good Money After Bad
This morning, I looked up a history of voting in the United States. This is what I found: I paid little attention to history in school. My feeling was that all that was in the past didn’t matter. Not my first mistake – or my last. To read this now is quite impactful. I never…
Read MoreConnected
I wrote this the morning after watching Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam. The last time our great nation was truly united was on 9/11. As unfathomable as that date in our history was to all of us, we were truly one nation under God and indivisible. Flag waving was at an all time high…
Read MoreI’m Stepping Out
Biden stepping aside leaves me completely at a loss for reasons other than you might think. He has emphasized over and over that he is the one that can win in November. His party has backed him unequivocally, despite evidence supporting the need for intervention. But the truth is out! There is no putting the…
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