Author: Steve Ainslie

Every once in a while I drift into nostalgia thinking about places where I once lived and what life was like at the time. These are pleasant memories for me. I think about my family, friends, jobs, neighbors, school etc. When I think about the actual homes, I sometimes wonder if they are the same…

Yesterday while walking the dogs I saw a teenage kid weeding the flowerbed in front of his home. I’ve noticed this kid before because I’ve seen him doing this several times during the hottest days of summer. I was impressed that he worked diligently, on his own, pulling weeds and appeared to be perfectly content….

Father Time has caught up with the Silent Generation and the Baby Boomers. These generations are full of people I read about in magazines & newspapers, watched on TV & movies and listened to on the radio. These generations were filled with the political leaders, athletes, celebrities, rock stars, business leader and heroes through much…

When pontificating against a presidential political candidate, people often say, “He’ll be the one with his finger on the trigger of the nuclear football! We can’t trust him with that.” It’s terrifying to think that, according to what I’ve read, our President has as little 6 minutes to make a decision to respond to a…

I think GenX (my generation), will be the last generation of Americans to age naturally. I base this on the social acceptance and proliferation of cosmetic surgery, treatments and enhancements I see among Millennials and GenZs. When I was their age, cosmetic surgery was something we only observed among the ultra-wealthy – specifically celebrity actors…

For most of my adult life, I would describe my politics as liberal regarding social support and libertarian regarding government bureaucracy. Mostly, I want the government to leave me alone, but I do want it to help provide a baseline of support for society that includes: military defense, poverty support (food/shelter/education/medical care), local defense (cops),…

Last year, the tree in my back yard where the ashes of my wife, her daughter and Snickers now rest was attacked by an infestation called bark scale. Little white aphid-like bugs crawled all over the bark resulting in a black mold that coated the branches. It made the trunk and branches black. It destroyed…

I heard Yuval Levin on this podcast yesterday speaking about the United States, our political system, the constitution, divisiveness and, most importantly, how to fix our problems. I was so intrigued with his discourse, knowledge and ideas that I will be reading his two most recent books on the subject soon. In the meantime, I…

I have a friend who’s “had his eye on” a woman he’s attracted to that he crosses path with regularly several times a month. He’s mentioned her to me in the past. They’ve spoken many times as casual acquaintances. Last week, he told me he’s not sure if the attraction he’s feeling is mutual. He…

As I watched news videos of attendees at the Trump rally in Butler where the assassination attempt took place, it made me feel somewhat sentimental. Many of the people interviewed were from the area where I grew up. Their accents and straightforward plain-talk reminded me of home. When I heard why they attended the MAGA…