whskyjack says: the problem isn’t the IRS but all the political organizations that are breaking the law by pretending to be a 501c3 (charity, educational, or scientific organization) and hide their activities, plus get a tax exempt status.

Nash 2.5 says: Craig, How can you even THINK of gardening when Benghazi (the biggest political scandal [...]

Trail Mixer Blonde Wino gets it. Why can’t Congress?
Blonde Wino: I talk with cashiers of the stores I frequent — mostly grocery stores. Many of the cashiers are married to professors, military, civilian employees of the government, and all are worried. Most remember the furloughs of the Clinton administration. In an [...]

Trail Mixers Jamie and DaveB, co-hosts of the movie blog Blank & White On Film, certainly nailed enough Oscar predictions to earn their stripes as film divas (correct predictions in bold) …

Jamie’s Picks

Best Picture: Argo [Winner: Argo]
(unless it’s Lincoln, Les Mis, Silver Linings Playbook ….)

Best Director: Spielberg [Winner: [...]

I’ve long wanted to feature the occasional book review by Trail Mixers. Here’s an offering from eProf2. I welcome others. — Craig

A Book Review of “Gone for Soldiers: A Novel of the Mexican War” by Jeff Shaara and published by Ballantine Books (2000, 448 pages)

By eProf2 for Trail Mix.

Lately, [...]

Here’s an illuminating exchange on immigration between Trail Mix regulars Bill Woerlee (our Australian rep) and eProf2 (our man in the desert) …

Bill Woerlee says:
I am quite confused as to why there is any debate about immigration. Yet there is in both the US and Oz.

Immigration is an economic gain to [...]

As far as I’m concerned here’s why this blog is special, and why I work so hard to keep it going — as a forum for heartfelt truth, such as this offering on Monday from Trail Mixers jace and Dexter …
jace says: I think that many in power, not all mind you, but [...]

CT, our resident Trail Mix Nurse Practitioner (NP), offers analysis about some of what ails our health care system, especially the reliance on drugs that might not be necessary:

“Nurses are educated differently than physicians. We had a lot of education re: health, not just pathology. I think that we are more holistic. We also [...]