Uncommon Thoughts From The Common Man

In this episode, in this month of May that celebrates Mothers, I talk about Nonna – my grandmom and how she shaped my life.

In this episode, I discuss the origins of April Fools’ Day and how I like to prank, well fool people in my world, as I begin my new adventure - retirement.

In this episode, I discuss how misinformed and misinforming the media is on the subject of Venezuela and the capture of Maduro and how this bold move by Trump will certainly make the United States and the World a safer place.  

Scott Adams, the great philosopher, influencer, humorist of our time, creator of Dilbert, and certainly GREAT AMERICAN has passed.Here are some of my thoughts as I miss my wonderful friend.

In this episode, I discuss the many peace accomplishments of President Trump that have already taken place in 2025.

In this episode, I center on a key theme: the pressure to conform to a certain political identity and how both sides of the political spectrum can be divisive, even if the people involved share similar values or ideas.

In this episode, I discuss how Woke continues to drive the liberals further left and crazy, even when they don’t agree with the woke principles.

In this episode, I interview my sister - Gloria Watson - who, as a 13 year-old girl, recently entered high school in Brooklyn. In this, my first podcast interview, Gloria shares her thoughts about experiences around 1957.

In my continued effort to highlight positive developments, I came across several notable items from Trump’s first six months in office during his second term as president.  I don’t usually pair a podcast with a Facebook post but change can be a good thing.  

In this episode, I connect my experience of reading to the blind to the blindness of the protesters in our current times.

United States July 4 Independence Day takes on new meaning when we show how great we are.  Even our description of poverty shows how great is the United States.

I don’t like tariffs but as long as tariffs are used against the U.S. then the U.S. should use them especially if it leads to not having any tariffs.  Here are my thoughts.