Lake 25th Amendment?
One of my Facebook buddies, who also goes back to the 4th Grade with me, posted a map of western New York State with the name “Lake 25th Amendment” pasted where “Lake Ontario” should be.
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Louise Mathews
Louise Mathews retired from a career in community colleges, and before that, theater. A 13-year come-by in Beaufort, she has been a dingbatter in North Carolina and an upstater from New York.
Mathews: Nothing new under the sun
I am hoping I live long enough to vote in an election in which I don’t have to gauge the lesser of two evils.
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Mathews: Seeing America through their eyes
The World Cup brought many thousands of visitors to the United States, and their reactions to everything from cowboy hats to Buc-ee’s brisket were fantastic.
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Mathews: Could we survive?
As summer wears on, I have pondered an opinion piece by Les Rubin entitled, “John Adams Made a Terrifying Prediction. America is Close to Proving Him Correct.” Rubin reported that our second President said, “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”
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Mathews: You are entitled to your own opinion
All of us are entitled to our own opinions. We are not entitled to our own facts. Sometimes it is difficult to discern the difference. We are products of our upbringing, education, experiences, and information sources, all of which are biased. Most of us are guilty of confirmation bias, that is, we read or view media that agree with our views and beliefs.
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Mathews: Founding Frenemies
On July 4, 2026, we celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States of America. That date is also the 200th anniversary of the deaths of two founding fathers: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson died earlier on that day. John Adams, not knowing this fact in those pre-telegraph and all subsequent electronic communication days, said as his final words, “Jefferson still lives.”
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Mathews: Happy birthday, Mr. President
I am writing this on Donald John Trump’s 80th birthday. About a third of the people are happy to wish him well. About a third of the people would like to see him six feet under. About a third of the people just get on with their lives and may be indifferent as long as prices come down.
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Mathews: School’s out for the summer
School has been out for about two weeks, and I bet almost all parents have heard “I’m bored!” at least once already this summer.
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The Serpent’s Tooth
As I was looking up another word for a Voices article, I noticed the Word of the Day for Mother’s Day in the Cambridge Online Dictionary was “ghosting,” that is, a way of ending a relationship with someone suddenly by stopping all communication with them.
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Elegy for the trees
I know developers replant trees, but many years must pass before a tree provides the benefits of “air quality, stormwater management, wind buffers, increased property values, and cooling effects to our homes and communities …” as the Port Royal Tree Ordinance states. To paraphrase the poet, Joyce Kilmer, “Essays are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.”
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