By Carol McClain: @   carol   _mcclain Thomas Paine’s writings have been echoing through my flu-addled brain. Thinking of our American world of entitlement, the quote, “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly,” has especially resonated. As I lay ill in my bed, BBC World videos played on my Neflix account. One especially stirred me. In Nepal, a ten-year-old …[ read more ]

By Carol McClain: @  carol _mcclain No. Not another money-evaporating day. Anniversaries–nowadays monthly as well as yearly–birthdays and Mother’s/Father’s Days and whatever else is invented. (As I write this it’s actually Lincoln’s birthday . Do we have to get him a gift, too?) Valentine’s Day will arrive this Wednesday. A day we celebrate our love and are usually compelled to buy …[ read more ]

By Carol McClain: @ carol     _mcclain Good friends and a nephew refused to watch the Super Bowl because NBC or Super Bowl LII denied an ad from veterans asking people to respect the flag. Based on knowledge of our society’s agendas, both conservative and liberal, these good people saw a conspiracy against traditional values . It sounded right. Feeling a little …[ read more ]

By Carol McClain @carol     _mcclain When do we admit genetics makes us do those things we ought not to do? In preparation for my next book I’ve been reading about psychopaths . The salient feature of this character trait is that psychopaths are born aberrant. One family could raise the next president, Mother Teresa and a serial killer. …[ read more ]

By Carol McClain:      @carol   _mcclain No one needs a news alert, here it is, anyway. The East Coast has been gripped by record shattering cold. It’s uncomfortable,  inconvenient, expensive and deadly. Despite the four negatives, it can be appreciated. Wait, you say. Appreciated? Yep, but remember, I didn’t say loved. Four Ways to appreciate the frigid temperatures …[ read more ]