Rein on All Fronts

This is a column that will feature the the thoughts of Charles Rein. The articles will cover a variety of topics, including book reviews.

The Open Road

: Category: Rein on All Fronts Rein on All Fronts; Published: 26 September 2023 26 September 2023

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By Charles Rein

Tomorrow, September 27, is World Tourism Day, and ironically I'm feeling a bit lethargic -AKA stuck in my easy chair. So here's a lazy writer's technique- two paragraphs, from a past article of mine regarding different communications styles. (Dated June 2021.) In that article, I jokingly borrowed seven sentences from a Florida author- 'Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need.'

"Let's look at the perceived danger through two different lenses, using travel, for existence. For example, are you more comfortable booking a hotel two months early and from the comfort of your bathroom? Or could you arrive late at night in a strange city and feel confident that you could find an inexpensive hotel, not currently occupied by the Hell's Angels biker gang?"

Camel's Nose Under the Tent Rebuttal

: Category: Rein on All Fronts Rein on All Fronts; Published: 10 September 2023 10 September 2023

By Charles Rein

Sept. 11th remembrances event today will occur with patriotic songs, neighbors coming together with candle vigils, powerful vertical searchlights as a tribute in lights, yet we're still in the dark regarding extremism/terrorism. Sometimes our information on this topic arrives stealthy and electronically. Beware of what you read or forward to others, especially when it's received anonymously-there's no author given credit, it's possibly false or a misleading email.

In a factcheck.org 2008 article, a writer who debunks rumor and lore shared advice. David Emery, author of About.com Urban Legends page was mentioned in the article titled, 'That Chain Email your friend sent you is (likely) bogus. Seriously.'

Parisian Riots- On the Eve of Destruction

: Category: Rein on All Fronts Rein on All Fronts; Published: 03 July 2023 03 July 2023

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By Charles Rein

For my headline, I've borrowed the song title of the same name, 'Eve of Destruction." It originated from a protest style song written by P. F. Sloan. While true, several artists have recorded it, the most popular recording was by Barry McGuire (released in the sweltering summer of 1965.) A month later in South-Central L.A. the Watts riots would explode killing 34 people and property damage estimates approached $40 million.

With those "fun facts" behind us, I ask if you've heard of this past week's police shooting and resulting demonstrations? Some see shadows of police brutality in a teenager's death. The United Nations went so far as to declare (we) must 'seriously address the deep issues of racism and discrimination in law enforcement'. On the other side, a radio host is so fed up, his narrative is "foreigners can't integrate and those protesting the police shooting are immoral."

The Sunday Scaries?

: Category: Rein on All Fronts Rein on All Fronts; Published: 23 May 2023 23 May 2023

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By Charles Rein

Now we'll skip the heavy news topics and choose something from the unbelievable Wackadoodle news file. Heard of this?

It now appears millennials are concerned with something called the "Sunday Scaries."

Only in America could this factitious panic attacks make it into our national news!

According to a LinkedIn survey, 80 percent of professionals say they experience the Sunday Scaries, with over 90 percent of Millennials and Gen Z reporting they feel it.

Shades of Gray

: Category: Rein on All Fronts Rein on All Fronts; Published: 19 April 2023 19 April 2023

By Charles Rein

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If you're a fan of the time machine trilogy movies, 'Back to the Future' you may have seen the t-shirt with the words: "Marty whatever happens, don't ever go to 2020."

There are a couple of dates, I'd suggest Marty and Doc Brown avoid as well.

If you have a time machine, avoid today April 19 as it's been exactly 30 years since the Waco Siege (if it was a movie, it could portray a story of David Koresh versus the ATF/F.B.I.) Fire engulfed the compound on April 19, 1993, in which 76 Branch Davidians lost their lives.

The Old Order Falls Part II. Tintinnabulum

: Category: Rein on All Fronts Rein on All Fronts; Published: 29 March 2023 29 March 2023

By Charles Rein

[Author's Note: My chapters from my story with help from the Grant County Beat, 'The Old Order Falls' are not real. Instead they are 'What If' historical fiction. I hope you'll consider checking them out.]

Part II. Tintinnabulum
— Term popularized in Edgar Allen Poe's 1849 poem "The Bells."

All the heavens, seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells—
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

No community it seemed was safe. After Corrales -13 miles north of Albuquerque - had the missing dog incident reported, it resulted in adults barely wanting to talk to each other anymore, let alone to their children. It seemed no one knew what to say, so they preferred to spend time in their own world.

A New Reality? Thanks to a little help from my friends at A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)

: Category: Rein on All Fronts Rein on All Fronts; Published: 24 March 2023 24 March 2023

By Charles Rein

Remember when BREAKING news meant someone breaking bad-riots, assassination attempts or OJ hogging the 504 freeway?

Then we grew accustomed to 24 hour BREAKING news. In that same direction, yet one step further, may shackle us to misinformation on our media devices. Similar to ourselves becoming 21st century slaves can only be described by me as FBN= FAKE BREAKING News.

Have you seen the Trump arrest photos?" you may have been asked. "But wait!" you say, "He hasn't been in indicted, right?"

Yet in the digital world Trump has been photographed running from New York officers, arrested, serving time (including pics of him lifting weights) breaking out of prison and even seen ordering in a fast food restaurant, looking surprisingly like McDonald's. These fake arrest photos look surprising realistic and went viral!

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