Harvey Grund (inactive author)
I live in one of the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas where I keep busy working seven days a week on two jobs. I’m 64 years old now and if I work it right, I will die at work and never see the inside of a hospital. Previously, for 20 years, I worked as a Technical Writer, mostly writing technical and business documentation for internal business use.
My main passions, and the topics of many of my articles, are politics, social issues and religion:
Politically, I claim no political party affiliation but, if I had to define myself, I would come out as 50% Libertarian, 25% Moderate Conservative and 25% General George Patton. Some random thoughts: Taxes are much too high, individual incentive is all but gone, we tend to be far too easy on those who would destroy us, and our country is rapidly changing from a democratic republic to a quasi-socialist state.
On social issues I tend to go with my Libertarian side and champion individual rights with very, very little government interference. (Conservatives say they do, too, but I’m still waiting for the evidence of that).
In the realm of religion I am an agnostic; not to be confused with atheists who seem to feel that the only good religion is a dead religion, I respect religion and understand that it is a powerful force in our world. I believe, however, that religion is a personal thing that should live in your heart and your home, reflect itself in your personal relationships and, to be blunt (as I usually am), should stay out of politics.
One last note, I blog at My View from the Center under the name Whymrhymer. Whymrhymer is a pen name I began using when I was writing poetry (Whymsical Rhyme = Whymrhymer), and I just kept it when I switched to political/social blogging. I still write poetry occasionally, mostly as introductory material for my articles, but when I get in a poetic frame of mind who knows what will come out.
My e-mail address is harveygrund@gmail.com.
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- Is Governor Romney an Edsel Republican?
- Five Steps to Positive Life Change (and the Big Payoff!)
- Murderers of the Fogel Family in Israel Are Heroes
- The Church and the Holocaust
- Auschwitz and the Holocaust
- Remembering the Holocaust
- Why Corporate Change is Difficult, But Possible
- Fatigue Is a Parent’s Worst Enemy (and Constant Companion)
- Confesssion: I Did Not Watch the SOTU Last Night
- After the State of the Union: Who Can Defeat Obama?
- Let’s All Vote for President Obama
- Five Building Blocks of Positive Life Change
- Get Ready for Higher Gas Prices
- Success Is Great!
- We need a Reasonable Everything Board (REB)
- Pros and Cons of the U.S. Higher Education System
- Enlightened Self-interest and International Relations
- Four Obstacles to Positive Life Change
- The Republican Marathon Is Distracting and Dangerous
- Should Politics and Foreign Policy Affect Our Military Justice System?
"I’ll be shocked if there’s another book this year as important as Charles Murray’s 'Coming Apart' ... that so compellingly describes the most important trends in American society. " -- David Brooks, NYT
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;Recent Comments
- Tom Carter: I remember the Edsel very well, and the much maligned Studebaker, too. I guess one has to...
- Anonymous: It’s sad to see how barbaric these Islamic Palestinians really are. Even sadder is...
- bea woods: My husband served in vietnam in 1968-1969 he was diagnoised with melanoma in 1998 we filed...
- Anonymous: Very good articles. I found myself within your examples of people and their fear of change....
- Tom Carter: This was a truly horrendous mass murder, made much worse by the praise Palestinians (and...
- Tom Carter: I used to teach courses and seminars on business management, and one of the topics...
- Dan Miller: Thanks, Tom. “We report, you decide.” You say, without TOTUS we get the long...
- Tom Carter: Well done, Dan! Clearly a fair and balanced report. It’s obvious, however, that your...
- larry: Are you guys sure this isn’t some sort of deep dark conspiracy?
- Dan Miller: Tom, Caruso? Ha! His weak voice and shoddy choice of music then were as nothing compared...
- Tom Carter: I have to admit, I was disgruntled before I read this brilliant article. It gave me the...
- Dan Miller: Larry No, that would be unfair. However, I am less than totally gruntled. Dan
