Doug Neckers
How Others See Our Politicians
You could say, sadly, that they don’t make many Republicans like the late Bill Clinger anymore.
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Doug Neckers
- Aug 11
- 3 min
Go Jayhawks!
We should all be talking more about the lesson taught us this month by Kansas and the royal, wonderful Jayhawks.
Doug Neckers
- Jun 7
- 4 min
Sports and Society
Many of those in professional and collegiate sports in America have more sense than our national politicians. Perhaps it’s time for a major
Doug Neckers
- May 10
- 4 min
Loss and Protest
Eventually, the war that should never have been became a loss in the politician’s eyes, Saigon fell, and the US was said to have lost.
Doug Neckers
- May 9
- 2 min
To Our Readers:
There are so many matters of controversy flying about these days that it's hard to keep up with them all. The Roe v. Wade premature release
Doug Neckers
- May 8
- 1 min
Dear Reader: It’s time to clean house.
Some in the media are suggesting that Ohioans have gone brain dead. I’d guess they might be right given the selection of J. D. Vance as the
Doug Neckers
- May 5
- 1 min
The New York Times: Tucker, Thiel and Trump: How J.D. Vance Won in Ohio
Maybe this lesson will bring the Republican party I knew when young back again.
Doug Neckers
- Mar 8
- 3 min
Green Bay
So why is it that sports can get the competition for positions right, but the US government cannot? For that matter doesn’t the same apply t
Lynn Smith
- Mar 8
- 3 min
Red State Socialism
by Lynn Smith Not much is capable of rendering me speechless, but watching middle-class voters get deceived by right-wing “populists”,...
Doug Neckers
- Mar 2
- 4 min
Ukraine
Vladimir Putin is a former KGB operative who seems to have reverted to the era of high Stalinism; I question his sanity.
We have to hope...
Doug Neckers
- Feb 22
- 4 min
The Research Challenge
Let’s break our economic decline and end the long winter of mediocrity. We know we can do better.
Doug Neckers
- Jan 19
- 4 min
Senate ‘Wannabes’
There’s a moral here: Where human health is concerned, it’s time for the charlatans to be jailed, and the talking heads who don’t know ...
Doug Neckers
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
Wired
What would Grandpa have said about those who are running his beloved Republican Party today? I feel certain he would have organized his town
Doug Neckers
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
THE BUTTON - revisited
Some months ago I wrote a piece entitled The Button - you can find it on my website 3dscienceblog.com. In it I pointed out that after the bo
Doug Neckers
- Sep 7, 2021
- 4 min
The Frustrations of Trying to ‘Fix Stupid’
The blunt fact, however, is this: These politicians who are blubbering on, railing against vaccination requirements violating their constitu
Doug Neckers
- Aug 30, 2021
- 4 min
Leadership
Leadership is something one may not be able to easily define – but something you know when you see it. Leaders are those who recognize when
Doug Neckers
- May 25, 2021
- 4 min
Extremism is No Virtue
I’m one of a decreasing few that heard Barry Goldwater bellow “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice,” when he accepted the Republi
Doug Neckers
- Apr 20, 2021
- 4 min
Through One’s Own Eyes
Thirty or so years ago, soon after my wife Sue and I first joined Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Toledo, we met a young priest then s
Doug Neckers
- Mar 14, 2021
- 4 min
On Memory
As we move farther and farther away from incidents, horrible and pleasant, it is really important for many - not just a few - to remember
Doug Neckers
- Mar 14, 2021
- 4 min
Suzanne
My wife, Suzanne, is severely and permanently ill. Taking care of her is a total responsibility. After 61 years of marriage, her health has
