Year: 2022

I’m depressed. For days now I’ve been reading about and watching the awful, inhumane attack on Ukraine. The photos increasingly have become more graphic in portraying the needless suffering, killing and destruction unleashed on the Ukrainian people. As pundits have observed, it’s 1939 all over again, the world caught in the grip of a madman…

Given their disparate origins and experiences, it is more than a coincidence that Messrs. Putin and Trump are friends and fellow travelers. Putin, the former KGB operative, and Trump, the celebrity schmoozer and former real estate tycoon, are both ruthless, amoral and used to getting their way. Both have connived their way on to the…

This morning I got up as usual, let the dog out, made some coffee and settled in front of my computer to get caught up with the world. The morning here was absolutely wonderful, warm and sunny, holding promise that a beautiful spring was in the offing. The latest news from Ukraine, however, dashed my…

This has been an unusually cold winter here on St. Simons. It’s out of character to see locals bundled up with stocking caps and sweaters this late in the season. Things have been made worse by the fact that the last several winters have been spring-like with warm and sunny weather. We still have the…

When I read this article in the Brunswick News this morning, I knew I had to share it with you who regularly read the Potlatch Tertulia. As you know, Georgia is on the firing line these days in national politics as a result of the 2020 presidential election and continuing strife over election reform. Reading…

This past Monday on Valentine’s Day, the “hate crime” trial for the convicted murderers of Ahmaud Arbery began in Brunswick, a small coastal community in southeast Georgia. This should not be overlooked either locally or by the larger national audience. It holds great promise for what should be a wake-up call about who we are…

My absence from writing recently reflects my disappointment with politics, politicians and contemporary goings-on. Like many of you, the repetitious drone of the media along with the disgraceful behavior of Republican leadership and many others has gotten me down. This together with disillusionment with friends whom I thought I knew has especially driven me to…

Here is an interesting opinion piece from this Monday’s Globe and Mail in Ottawa.  It strikes me as a reasonable take on the issue. I would like to hear from those who might find this argument to be a threat to the exercise of personal freedom. We’ll lift our anti-COVID restrictions when elected governments decide,…

While I have not been writing lately, I have kept up with current events and the state of our union. I’ve simply been taking some time off from the Potlatch Tertulia to think about things. When this timely article arrived from George Shafer in Almonte, Ontario, I felt compelled to share it with you given…

This is an important book. It talks knowledgeably about guns and the nasty relationship between the NRA and American politics. This co-dependence has helped bring carnage to the country’s streets and schools for too long. Today, any discussion of guns raises the adrenalin of outrage by opponents and proponents much in the same way as…