The Old Lone Ranger

Drip…Drip…Drip

By Rich Marin | September 18, 2025 by Rich Marin

Colbert…Kimmel…WSJ…NYT…Fallon…Myers… The censorship of the German press in the 1930s was a systematic process that began even before the Nazis fully consolidated power and became increasingly severe throughout the decade. Even during the Weimar Republic’s final years, press freedom was already under pressure through emergency decrees and political intimidation. The SA (Stormtroopers) frequently attacked newspaper offices of opposition parties, particularly Social Democratic and Communist publications. The process accelerated rapidly after January 1933. The Reichstag Fire…

Politics

What Should We Care About Most?

By Rich Marin | September 17, 2025 by Rich Marin

There is so much going on in the world today. I’ve been around for most of 72 years and I understand that there is almost always a lot going on in the world. Some people like to keep their focus tight to what’s directly in front of them, watching their feet at each step. Whether they choose to wear blinders or are just naturally only concerned about their immediate surroundings doesn’t change anything. The universe…

Uncategorized

A Rebuttal from Steve…..

By Rich Marin | September 16, 2025September 16, 2025 by Rich Marin

I’ve never printed a rebuttal, but there is a first for everything and I think Steve’s zealousness on this topic, not to mention his well-argued stance deserves air time…… Rich, I couldn’t miss responding, even if you hadn’t called me out. Where you say: “political violence has generally had broader transformative effects on human civilization, though religious violence has often provided the ideological framework that makes political violence possible or acceptable to populations.” And then go…

Love Politics

A Better Way

By Rich Marin | September 16, 2025September 14, 2025 by Rich Marin

The Charlie Kirk killing has spawned a good deal of controversy, some about the underlying ideology he espoused and some about the reaction that has come forth on the event of his death. His death seems to have reawakened lots of opinions about things he has said and those thoughts have shifted from the debate stage he so enjoyed to today’s most popular forum, social media. The result has been a lashing out by the…

Fiction/Humor Memoir

Being Late

By Rich Marin | September 15, 2025 by Rich Marin

I’m listening to a podcast, something I almost never do, because my good friend Melissa (the one who is a therapist in Utah and partner to my good friend Deb), sent it to me and told me I needed to listen to Scott Galloway and his Prof G Markets podcast with Ed Elson. I didn’t know Ed Elson. He is a writer, analyst, and co-host of the Prof G Markets. Ed worked as a research…

Love

For Better, for Worse

By Rich Marin | September 14, 2025September 12, 2025 by Rich Marin

Traditional wedding vows have evolved over centuries and vary by religious tradition and culture. Christian/Anglican tradition (from the Book of Common Prayer, dating to 1549) is “To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.” This is clearly the vow most of us know best. The Catholic tradition is somewhat different and…

Memoir Politics

Walking the Line

By Rich Marin | September 13, 2025September 12, 2025 by Rich Marin

I just saw the New York Times mornng news summary and one phrase caught my eye. It said that based on extensive discussions with Americans, they were mostly saddened, but not surprised about the Charlie Kirk assassination. On Wednesday evening, our two nephews were over for dinner. Nephew Will, who is suffering from a serious neck injury, said that while the shooting was deplorable, he was surprised it hadn’t happened sooner given the rhetoric of…

Memoir

The Locker Room

By Rich Marin | September 12, 2025 by Rich Marin

We all remember the Access Hollywood bus tape, which was a major political scandal that broke in October 2016, just weeks before the presidential election. In 2005, Trump was riding on an Access Hollywood bus with host Billy Bush, heading to tape a segment for the show. They were wearing microphones and having what they thought was a private conversation, but it was being recorded. Trump made crude comments about women, including boasting about being…

Memoir

La Grippe

By Rich Marin | September 11, 2025 by Rich Marin

Colds and flu are both respiratory illnesses caused by viruses, but they differ significantly in severity, symptoms, and timeline. Cold symptoms include a gradual onset over 1-2 days, a runny or stuffy nose (main symptom), sneezing and mild cough, a sore throat, little to no fever, and mild fatigue. By contrast, Flu symptoms are a sudden onset (you can feel fine in the morning and terrible by evening), a high fever (100-104°F) with chills, severe…

Memoir

Anger Management

By Rich Marin | September 10, 2025 by Rich Marin

Anger is a basic human emotion characterized by feelings of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism toward someone or something perceived as threatening, frustrating, or unjust. It’s one of the fundamental emotions that all humans experience, alongside joy, sadness, fear, surprise, and disgust. Physiologically, anger triggers the body’s “fight or flight” response, releasing stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. Heart rate and blood pressure increase, muscles tense, and breathing becomes more rapid. People may experience a rush…

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