I recently ran, unsuccessfully, for public office; coroner for the County of Champaign, in Illinois. It was my first foray into politics. I was always nervous about discussing politics, after all – what would my boss, colleagues, or customers think? Here in my sixth decade, I decided that this is less important than doing the right thing, and seeing that the right thing is done.

On Facebook, I do my best to gently correct people who hold opinions based on incorrect information and lies. I usually like to point to where I got my information from so there is no ‘says you’ response.

Anyway, here I will periodically post opinion pieces. They usually will be based on real world and reasonable beliefs, but also fact. I will try to leave reposting stuff to my facebook page, here is all original thinking.