The Human side of Humanity

Hello readers and followers.  I am sitting here in the early afternoon of my Pennsylvania, USA Sunday pondering many things.  This past week has been one of sadness and anger for me.  Those of you that regularly read the rambling thoughts I put here know that I have long railed against the less-than-governing body known as USA Gymnastics (USAG) for it's multi-level inability to protect the very athletes it specifically is assembled to lead, train and protect. USAG created the toxic atmosphere that allowed criminals to be revered and made victims out of its athletes.  Things were so bad that over 150 young women were allowed to be sexually assaulted by the chosen physician Larry Nassar, someone that I truly hope dies in prison soon- but only after he himself become the assault victim.  I am all about an eye for an eye sentence.  Nassar was also the lead physician at Michigan State University (MSU) athletic program.  Nassar's mentor there, Bill Stampel...

Hello readers and followers, welcome to the new year.  Welcome to 2019.  While it is a new year and we wish everyone a "Happy New Year," and I do wish that for all of you, my first blog of 2019 is not one filled with joy or happiness. This may ramble a bit...as some of my pieces tend to do.  Just over a year ago I wrote a piece called Trial of Infamy and Tears. The piece was about a thoroughly beautiful human being, a young lady, Jenna Burleigh,   who was a student at my alma mater, Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, USA.  Jenna was murdered just off campus back on 8/31/2017.  The preliminary trial was just beginning - in the middle of the Christmas holiday season 2017, the first such that the Burleigh's would endure without their 22 year old daughter.  Jenna will be remembered as forever young.  It is a real shame. Now, as we begin 2019 a jury trial has begun.  More horrifying details for the family to endure, more lies from the accus...