Yes!  Today I’m on my soapbox!  I’m trying to be mindful – as the Daughter likes to remind me – that this is a journal not a rant, but for today – indulge me!

As regular readers know,I stopped listening to, watching and reading the news because the manipulation of the media offends me,  But over the last week or so I’ve been driving a lot and I can’t drive in silence, so I listen to the radio in the car.  And, I’ve read the odd paper, too, lately going on the train and waiting in the Green Room.  … Read the rest »