The Rational Ram

(Source: BrainyQuote.com) President Trump and his supporters should be ecstatic in the aftermath of the latest round of Democratic Presidential Debates this past week. The candidates are busy tearing each other down, which is to be expected since they all wish to be president, but that isn’t the problem facing the party and its 2020 […]

Yet another senseless mass shooting within the same 24 hours as the El Paso shooting with 9 dead and 26 injured: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/us/dayton-ohio-active-shooter/index.html?ofs=fbia Again, my condolences to the fallen victims and their families and my best wishes to the injured and uninjured survivors. As of this writing, the identity and motive of the dead shooter has […]

Three thoughts… Firstly, my condolences to the fallen victims and their families and my best wishes to the survivors. Secondly, my stance whenever these mass shootings occur is that the race and/or political ideology of the shooter is irrelevant. The shooter is responsible for his actions, no one else, especially and including Trump supporters. It’s […]

(Source of photo: https://drrichswier.com) Let me preface this post by saying that I don’t write blog posts on a schedule. Whenever the mood strikes me or I have a thought I want to convey, I just make the time to do it. Sometimes this leads to my posting three or four times in a day […]

(Source: imagesyouwontseeontv.com) I touched on the lack of substance found in Hollywood movies these days in a previous post, but the meme above started me thinking about how other media, television in particular, contributes to “the dumbing down of America”. American television is a very powerful medium. For proof of this fact, look no further […]

(Source of photo: mr_teleporter) The most misunderstood dynamic of human nature is the power dynamic. Power in the context of this blog post is defined as: Possession of control, authority, or influence over others. (Source: Merriam-Webster) The meme at the top of my post is taken from a particularly memorable scene from one my favorite […]

(Source of photo: Deviant Art https://www.deviantart.com/onenine72/art/John-Williams-Tribute-325819826) I’m often criticized by family and friends for being finicky about movies today. The last film I actually took the time to go to a theater to watch was Black Panther, and while I left the theater entertained (I was an avid comic book collector/reader/fan as a kid), I […]

And why it makes the United States of America great. President Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan, which appears to be his 2020 campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again” (MAGA for short), was a very curious choice for a campaign message. At least for him. For starters, it is hardly original. The late former President Ronald Reagan’s […]

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Obi Wan has taught you well, you have controlled your fear; now release your anger, only your hatred can destroy me! –James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back The two quotes above perfectly […]

The recent discourse concerning gender relations, made more vitriolic by the #metoo movement, started me to thinking and then analyzing the arguments from all sides, and I think I have identified the disconnect… The people spouting the most vitriol, whether male or female and regardless of position, are confusing conventional masculinity with toxic masculinity. Allow […]