The Rational Ram

I can always count on good ‘ol Facebook to find topics to write about that fit the theme of my blog 😉 Take the Twitter post from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) that is clearly altered to show the Speaker’s alleged hypocrisy regarding her support for presumptive Democratic Party Presidential nominee Joe Biden in the […]

Sports debates… Once upon a time, I really enjoyed them. Occasionally, I still enjoy debating who is “The GOAT” for a given sport. For those unfamiliar with the term “GOAT”, it stands for Greatest Of All Time. Sports debates offer entertainment value as long as the people debating a particular topic remain objective. Unfortunately, this […]

I love listening to Earl Nightingale’s recordings!They are timeless in the salient points he committed to tape about life and his words very clearly outlive him (Mr. Nightingale passed away on 25 March 1989). The photo that opens this post came from a Facebook post I read this morning and the comments about it made […]

I am going back on my word. Somewhat. I said in my 19 April 2020 post “My Last Post” that I was not going to write about the coronavirus pandemic anymore. However, I read a NewsOne article highly critical of political commentator and former presidential advisor to former President Barack Obama, Van Jones (pictured above) […]

I should seek psychiatric treatment for my perverse need to deconstruct memes that convey well-meaning, but misguided platitudes like the meme that opens this post. Let me preface what I’m about to say by saying that most of these memes are created by and appeal to sincerely ignorant millennials and older liberals who tend to […]

Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, I find myself paying more attention to the social justice warrior memes posted hourly on Facebook. I am probably paying more attention to this stuff than I should, but unlike most people, who simply hit like or love and become part of the “amen corner”, I feel compelled to counter […]

About the coronavirus pandemic. I am keeping this post pithy. I grow weary of the shenanigans surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. I am not minimizing the pandemic. For that matter, I do not minimize flu season. The flu killed more people this season in the United States than the novel coronavirus has so far. Seasonal influenza […]

Awards are just complements… Former Detroit Lions Wide Receiver Calvin Johnson As most of you know, I am a football fan. Let me emphasize that I am a fan, not a fanatic. I am specifically a Dallas Cowboys fan, but I acknowledge the greatness of great players no matter what team they play for. I […]

One of my favorite movies is the 1985 film Mask starring Cher as Florence “Rusty” Tullis and Eric Stoltz as Tullis’ son Rocky Dennis. The top half of the photo that opens this post depicts Cher and Stoltz in their respective Mask roles and the bottom half is the real life Rocky Dennis and Rusty […]

Regular readers and followers of The Rational Ram should already know that I am a fan of classic television. One of my favorite classic television series is the original Twilight Zone (1959-1964). While I cannot agree upon an absolute number one favorite episode of Rod Serling’s Zone series, the sixth episode of the second season, […]