The Rational Ram

Greetings to my readers, I have not posted up for a while, but my two grandsons were on my mind this morning and that thought inspired me to make this post. I preface this post by reiterating that men have the burden of performance in protecting and providing for themselves and their families. I realize […]

I am an avid consumer of news. I stick mainly to local news because many of the events and happenings that affects us directly tend to happen at the local level. I am not a fan of national network news outlets, like CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC. In fact, most news sources, including local news […]

PREFACE: The five steps below can (sadly) only be effectively implemented on an individual level. It is the individual in aggregate that influences the collective. The task of changing a nation is just like start of the ruin of a nation… They both begin in the homes of its people. I also must preface that […]

William Shakespeare’s profound words are often analyzed, imitated, and subject to interpretation. This is because more than 400 years after his passing, his words still convey philosophical wisdom. What exactly IS in a name? What prompted me contemplate this Shakespeare quote (spoken by Juliet in Romeo & Juliet) is the rash of demands to rename […]

The photo above is an interesting little thought exercise my wife conducted on Facebook. Are the woman and the horse coming or going? In response to my wife’s post, I stated that they are going and not coming, my logic being that the tail and the head position gives it away, according to me… 😉 […]

On the eve of Father’s Day 2020, I am once again seeing the trend of people wishing single mothers a happy Father’s Day. Words cannot adequately express my disdain for this trend and how utterly disrespectful it is, even to the single mothers it is meant to elevate. Firstly, by definition a woman cannot be […]

Change is the essential process of all existence. Leonard Nimoy (as Spock in Star Trek) Statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke (1729-1797) is considered the “father of classic conservatism”. He opined that “a society without the means of some change is without the means of its preservation”. While it appears incongruous to mention a political philosopher […]

As a black American and native Texan, Juneteenth is a very special unofficial holiday for me, in light of the fact that the holiday originated in Texas. Juneteenth (19 June) marks the day in 1865 that Union General Gordon Granger read General Order #3 to the people of Texas. This is more than two years […]

The meme that opens this post makes a humorous, but salient point. History tends to favor the victors. One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist. One man’s king is another man’s oppressor. The victors typically get to shape how they and the side they vanquished are viewed in posterity. As the meme humorously points […]

I wrote about the concept of “selling out” before on this blog. That post is at the link below: https://therationalram.blog/2019/08/26/when-a-sellout-isnt-actually-selling-out/ I won’t rehash what I said in that post here, but given the events sparked by the murders of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, I am witnessing a resurgence of the term “sellout” on both […]