This is not the America I grew up in. It occurs to me that those days are long gone, and that I am probably looking back on those days with rose colored glasses as well. However there was a time in America when, if two parties disagreed, they could hammer out some sort of compromise. Where opposing viewpoints were respected. Where, if a heated argument did break out the chance of violence was very low. I miss that America. Recently I was threatened with physical violence for something that I posted online. I ignored the comment, I didn't bother to respond to it. Not because I feared the person - I've no idea who they were, etc. - but because I am a pacifist. To respond to violence with more violence makes little sense to me. Plus, it's been my experience that such people are paper tigers. The anger that is felt however, by both the right and the left is very real. I can no...
Can the City Mouse adjust to life in the country? The day to day adventures of a "city boy" in rural PA trying to adjust to things like chopping wood, growing his own food and dealing with the horrors of the complete lack of a decent Chinese restaurant.