society – michelleponders

September 9, 2026

The Deportation of Luis Andrade Garcia: A Closer Look

I came across this story from the Dallas Morning News about a 20 year old illegal immigrant college student, Luis Andrade Garcia, who was arrested and subsequently deported back to his home country. As usual, everyone is up in arms about the situation saying it is not fair and he should not have been deported.… Continue reading

United States, America, parent, adult child, society, government, illegal alien, college, legal status, borders, education, texas

immigration, news, politics

December 13, 2025

Racism in Leadership Must Stop

I am so sick and tired of people who continuously cry racism in EVERYTHING! There are people with huge followings who claim everything is racist or make racist comments themselves. And what gets me even more is that these same people believe that it is ok for them to call out what they perceive as… Continue reading

America, influencer, kids, politics, racism, respect, social norms, society, United States

history, news, politics, race, racism

November 5, 2025

Divided We Fall

Maybe I am just a simple minded person and I just do not think very deeply, but I just do not understand why there is so much infighting and division amongst conservatives/protestants/right. I understand that there are huge differences between the faiths theologically. That it rather obvious. But the divisions are allowing true evil to… Continue reading

America, democrats, general, GOP, government, politics, society, United States

donald-trump, elections, news, politics, zohran-mamdani

October 28, 2025

Shutdown=Big Government=Huge Problem

I have been watching the government shutdown and it was cute at first. Now, it has become beyond ridiculous. Air traffic controllers are not getting their paychecks despite showing up for work. They will get back pay once the government is open again but that does not help the here and now. There is a… Continue reading

America, democrats, family, general, GOP, government, nuclear family, politics, rinos, senators, society

families, food, government-shutdown, news, politics

October 9, 2025

Polite Society

If you go back in history, polite society was considered anyone who could afford first class in anything and had prestige. Think about the Titanic and the first class. But polite society has always existed no matter what your social economic status. The process of creating a polite society is basically manners, etiquette, proper behavior,… Continue reading

America, civility, ethics, faith, family, god, manners, polite, politics, respect, senators, social norms, society, United States

culture, etiquette, history, philosophy, society