The Courage of Tall Timber
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he...
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Ron Baron
- Oct 3, 2022
- 6 min
Stories For My Grandchildren. When I Became a Domestic Terrorist.
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” ― C.S. Lewis I do...
Ron Baron
- Jan 27, 2022
- 4 min
When Someone Ate My Plums
“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.”― Robert Brault I am sorry.” I helped her steady herself. She had...
Ron Baron
- Jan 4, 2022
- 4 min
Imagine No More Colds. It's Easy if You Try.
“When you compare the sorrows of real-life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream...
Ron Baron
- Dec 30, 2021
- 6 min
In The Year 2525
Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "We are not makers of history. We are made by history." The Tlingits, aboriginals of the Pacific Northwest...
Ron Baron
- Dec 8, 2021
- 6 min
Why Mother Should Run Twitter
My mother had a wisdom about her. When given the formidable task of raising four boys, she needed it. With that experience, she could run...
Ron Baron
- Dec 8, 2021
- 6 min
An Antidote to Seattle's Anxiety
The bluest skies you'll ever see are in Seattle. According to researchers, it is also a city full of acute anxiety. We're living in a...
Ron Baron
- Nov 26, 2021
- 4 min
Martin Luther was nearly Canceled for his 'Dangerous' Ideas. Happy Reformation Day!
A 33-year-old Martin Luther expressed his ideas by posting 95 theses to the door of a Wittenburg church. For doing so, he was chased...
Ron Baron
- Oct 14, 2021
- 5 min
The Coming Thanksgiving Dinner Rumble
What should be a pleasant harmonious family time, Thanksgiving day gatherings often turns into a rhetorical and gastrological rumble....
Ron Baron
- Oct 10, 2021
- 4 min
October 9, 2021 Newsletter
Boomer Morning With spirits suspended and movements restricted, our forced subjugation to the Covid pandemic is growing weary. Like a...
Ron Baron
- Oct 3, 2021
- 4 min
October 2, 2021 Newsletter
Have a Great Weekend! Boomer Gigs Apparently, for some, retirement is not all that it's cracked up to be. Some report missing the sense...
Ron Baron
- Oct 3, 2021
- 3 min
September 4, 2021 Newsletter
Have a Great Weekend! Boomer Reason Few things cause the heart to palpate more than a mask. Just ask Catherine Zeta-Jones. Intrigued to...
Ron Baron
- Aug 6, 2021
- 1 min
One-Third of Retirees Go Back to Work. Why?
If you need the money, going back to work or keeping your job makes a lot of sense. But research has also revealed that even retirees of...
Ron Baron
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5 min
Is Cancel Culture Just a Zero-Sum Game?
“O! Beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” – William Shakespeare, Othello...
Ron Baron
- Jul 24, 2021
- 4 min
Feral Hogs Next Poster Child of Climate Alarmist
Having broken free from bondage, these critters are tearing up the world and contributing to our destruction according to the climate...
Ron Baron
- Jul 16, 2021
- 4 min
July 17: Boomers are Rolling in it.
... and the usual suspects are angling for a few squares. I think a trillion dollars has something like twelve zeros, a number one, four...
Ron Baron
- Jul 3, 2021
- 7 min
Hearing Aids, Drones, and UNSOZIAL
The year is 2039. Facebook and Twitter have been taken over by the UN to preserve global peace and rebranded as UNSOZIAL. The acronym...
Ron Baron
- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
Hired and Fired By Al Gorithm
People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think. -Aldus Huxley I knew a man...
Ron Baron
- Jun 18, 2021
- 10 min
The Future- If You Dare
Remote control toilets and doorbells with facial recognition. Be afraid. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past...
Ron Baron
- May 29, 2021
- 23 min
What Humpty Dumpty Can Teach us About Climate Alarmism
How 'Settled' science nearly succeeded in destroying mother nature's most perfect food. "I have high cholesterol," my mother sighed over...
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