I was born n 1966. I’ve lived in the SF Bay Area, Seattle, Denver, Tucson and now Eugene, Oregon.  I am happily married to the same women I said “I do” with 19 years ago.  I have two kids.  I’m middle class and I’m white.

This is my blog.

This blog has only three themes colored by a near 50 dude who’s seen a lot but has a lot more to see.

 

1.       Things are not as bad as we are often told.

2.       Go ahead and question the thing you’ve always just taken for granted as truth.  It might be wrong

3.       The old days weren’t necessarily the good old days.  Just maybe, the good days are still ahead.

 

To start, let me admit that the three themes above aren’t absolutes that must outweigh facts.

 

·         Yes, climate change is a bad thing that is getting worse.

·         Yes, terrorism is a bad thing that has even scarier potential.

·         Yes, the truth is that vaccines are necessary and parents should use them

·         Yes we landed on the moon, Oswald shot Kennedy and 9-11 was perpetrated by Osama Bin Laden and Al Quaeda.

·         Yes, the “greatest generation” did some truly great things.

·         Yes, the 1950’s looked really great to me too.

But….

 

·         However, there is much less pollution in our water, and in our wild areas

·         However, we are living in less violent times with less war than when I was a kid.

·         However, so much of our health system is driven by marketing and not science

·         However, the news media is all about entertainment and not information

·         However, baby boomers are a lot more racist, homophobic and mean than the younger generation

·         However, their Nirvana of the 1950’s was great if you were straight, white, capitalist conformist who never spoke out.