Americanism Redux December 18, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 It's that time of year. At certain points on the calendar, you say that for yourself, your family, your community, your nation, your whatever. Another word for it? Ritual. Now is the time of this ritual. * * * * * * * Outside the wooden house and wooden church … [Read more...]
Pro Football and America 250: Week 15–Head Coaches George Washington and Matt LaFleur
December 16, 2025 by
There is a look that comes over his face... We're in the 15th week of the season. Enjoy. WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Pro Football and America 250: Week 14–Philip Rivers, George Washington, and Emergency Urgency
December 9, 2025 by
My only IU shirt. Had to do it. Meanwhile, a grandfather stretches out at a hotel a few miles away from me. It's an amazing moment for him, for George Washington, and for all of us. WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Episode 53: On The 250 River With Dr. Dan–The Top 5 From Nov 27, 1775
December 2, 2025 by
On The 250 River With Dr. Dan--The Top 5 From Nov 27, 1775, your Thanksgiving. A wife writes her husband and the outcome is purely American. WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: November 27, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
November 27, 2025 by
Americanism Redux November 27, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 [I wasn't going to write an entry on our Thanksgiving Day. I changed my mind when I found the letter below, written today 250 years ago, from Abigail Adams to her husband, John. Abigail wrote from outside Boston to John, inside Philadelphia with the rest of the Second Continental … [Read more...]
Episode 52: On The 250 River With Dr Dan–The Top 5 From Nov 20 1775
November 24, 2025 by
From an unnamed writer in the army to a traumatized Catholic priest. It's the Top 5 from 250 years ago and the week before Thanksgiving. And remember, we're a Union before we were a Nation. WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: November 20, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
November 21, 2025 by
Americanism Redux November 20, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 The basics can get hard to see when so much is flying through the air. But that doesn't mean they aren't there. The basics never go away. They're often the reason things are as they are. Basics. Today, 250 years ago. * * * * * * * A basic is getting people to do … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: November 13, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
November 14, 2025 by
Americanism Redux November 13, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 You won't go very far in any direction before you bump into it. A few miles? Okay. A few days? Sure. However you want to slice your life up, though, whether in space or in time, you can't avoid coming face-to-face and eye-to-eye with... War. As a topic of conversation. As an … [Read more...]
On The 250 River With Dr Dan: The Top 5 of Nov 6 1775–Episode 50
November 11, 2025 by
Episode 50 baby, believe it or not! And believe this--it takes four months, yes FOUR MONTHS, for a document to go from Philadelphia to London and back again. But don't draw the wrong lesson...! Enjoy the Top 5 and find out how to keep it right for you. From Guy Fawkes to four months, and more... WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: November 6, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
November 7, 2025 by
Americanism Redux November 6, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 You've got today, right now, the actual minute you're reading this. Then you've got four months ago. Since we're in early November, that would put it around the time of early July. Today, now. Early July, then. A gap of four months between now and then. Does anything … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux–October 30, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
October 30, 2025 by
Americanism Redux October 30, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 An emotion has a map. You start at a known point and then, consuming energy from some source, go further and further and further. Eventually, you are at the emotion's edge and frontier. Beyond that, uncharted territory where the emotion takes a form you never imagined, or you stumble … [Read more...]
Pro Football and America 250: Week 8
October 29, 2025 by
Week 8 of the NFL and UFL (Union Football Leage) seasons. Check out the happenings on the Continentals with Head Coach George Washington. WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
On The 250 River With Dr Dan–Episode 48–The Week Ending October 23, 1775
October 28, 2025 by
It's Episode 48 of "On The 250 River With Dr Dan" for the week ending October 23, 1775. Top 5 for the week! WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: October 23, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
October 24, 2025 by
Americanism Redux October 23, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 "Reality means (fill-in-the-blank) to me." Or try this: "reality (fill-in-the-blank)." That's what today is all about—reality, the real, the realistic. 250 years ago, reality is on the minds of a lot of people. You'll see how people think of reality from unique … [Read more...]
Pro Football and America 250: Week 7
October 21, 2025 by
Knock, knock. Pardon me, Coach Washington, but there's a group here to see you... WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: October 16, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
October 16, 2025 by
Americanism Redux October 16, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 "Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink..." Samuel Coleridge will write these words in one of his poems in 1798. That was then, and this is now, 250 years ago today, in 1775, a generation before "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Water, water everywhere... * * * … [Read more...]
On The 250 River With Dr Dan–Top 5 From Your Oct 9 Of Their 1775
October 10, 2025 by
We're Top 5-ing from 250 years ago right now. I'm suggesting something for your consideration on a very difficult topic we'll face in the 250 of 2026. But we start with Ike Harris and his amazing instinct for the marketplace... WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: October 9, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
October 9, 2025 by
Americanism Redux October 9, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 A piece of wood can break cleanly, or splinter into pieces. The one feels smooth and straight, the other feels ragged, jagged, and a bit of a mess. Today, 250 years ago, the splintering has begun. * * * * * * * (Quamino) John Quamino waits for his scheduled time with … [Read more...]
Pro Football and America 250: Week 5 Of The Season
October 7, 2025 by
5th week and we head into the second quarter of the NFL season. It's Coach George Washington and his team, the Continentals. Take a look! WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
On The 250 River With Dr Dan–Episode 45–Week Ending Oct 2, 1775
October 6, 2025 by
Welcome to GrimeyVillage for the 45th episode of On The 250 River With Dr. Dan. We're Top 5ing for the week ending October 2, 1775. What is it you're taking with you from today into tomorrow? We start with a word. WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux–October 2, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
October 3, 2025 by
Americanism Redux October 2, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 After what happened to me today, well, I just don't know where it goes from here. But tomorrow is coming, and I need to know what I'm taking with me, from here to there. Yes, today is about over and I'm heading into tomorrow with...what? * * * * * * * The tears are still … [Read more...]
Pro Football and America 250: Week 4
September 30, 2025 by
Looking at the Bengals, the Colts, and the Ravens as set-up for a deep-dive into the Continentals and a discipline problem facing Coach Washington. WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux–September 25, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
September 26, 2025 by
Americanism Redux September 25, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 Close your eyes. Try to imagine what it will feel like when a leather whip slices and cuts into the skin of your bare back. Thirty-nine times. Will you scream out? Will you cry? Will you curse and spit? It's 250 years ago, today. * * * * * * * (a later version of the … [Read more...]
Episode 43: On The 250 River With Dr Dan–The Top 5 from the week ending September 18 1775
September 25, 2025 by
From a musical creator in northern Hungary to a college campus in New York, it's 250 years ago in the week that ends September 18, 1775. Click Here … [Read more...]
Pro Football and America’s 250: Week 3 Of The Season
September 23, 2025 by
A very big Week 3 for Coach Washington! And the Indianapolis Colts! Click Here … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux–September 18, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
September 18, 2025 by
Americanism Redux September 18, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 Something imposes an order on things. The molecules, the atoms, the stuff, all of it is arrayed and arranged according to...Something. The reality of that order will reflect the source from which the Something acts. Is virtue the source? Is power the source? Is a third, or … [Read more...]
Pro Football and America’s 250: Week 2 of the Season
September 15, 2025 by
Week 2 of the season! Colts win and go 2-0. Coach Washington has a couple of massive issues to tackle. Check it out below. Click Here … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: September 11, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
September 12, 2025 by
Americanism Redux September 11, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 I need to know, I need knowledge, I need to know some of the knowledge. That's what I'll hold onto, like a candle in a dark room. The light makes the shadows, and I need to know what's inside the darkness. It's today, 250 years ago and it's 250 years ago flashing forward … [Read more...]
Pro Football and America 250: Week One Of The Season And This Time It Truly Is America’s Team
September 10, 2025 by
It's Week One of a brand-new sub-series of "On The 250 River With Dr Dan". The Colts win, the Bills-Ravens have an historic game, and two QBs led two different lifetimes in the same game. But there's a new team in town 250 years ago. Check it out below. Click Here … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: August 28, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
August 28, 2025 by
Americanism Redux: August 28, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775 Look out there and tell me what you see. Out there, just look and say. You've got two eyes and what else? A thought? A dozen thoughts? A hundred? Likely an assumption, an experience, an expectation. Other stuff, too. So go ahead, look and say. It's 250 years ago today and they're looking and saying. * * * * * * … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: July 31, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
July 31, 2025 by
Americanism Redux July 31, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 (The Five Man Electrical Band--Signs, 1971) I'm looking for signs of what I want or what I dread. Is this a sign? Is that a sign? Today, July 31, 250 years ago. * * * * * * * (the grave) A friend of Abigail Adams tells her the latest from inside the … [Read more...]
Episode 37: On The 250 River With Dr Dan–The Top 5 From July 24, 1775
July 29, 2025 by
It's leather pants and leadership time! https://youtu.be/aVctD7WQgSQ?si=y-Ga1jkPW3ieAqmK … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: July 24, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, in 1775
July 24, 2025 by
Americanism Redux July 24, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 It's a great, big, vast thing and it takes up a massive part of your life. And other people's lives, too. So much so, in fact, that when you meet with folks you always have something new or "latest" to talk about regarding that great, big, vast thing. Anything come to mind? It … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: July 17, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
July 17, 2025 by
Americanism Redux July 17, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 "Keep it together, man." Classic line from Monsters Inc. Sometimes it's a heckuva lot easier said than done. Today, July 17. 250 years ago. * * * * * * * In a letter to his wife, a dad-husband is agonizing about their young kids. He's hoping she can help the … [Read more...]
Podcast: On The 250 River With Dr Dan–Episode 31–week ending June 5, 1775
June 9, 2025 by
Watch this week's episode! WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux–June 5, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
June 5, 2025 by
Americanism Redux June 5, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 Life is trying to re-settle. Well, maybe not exactly re-settle if you take it to mean settling down. No, it's better said that life is trying to re-find a kind of equilibrium. It's where one feels the ground underfoot and can extend their arms without fear of exposure or … [Read more...]
Podcast: On The 250 River With Dr Dan–Top 5 for the week ending May 29, 1775
June 2, 2025 by
We're Top 5-ing for May 29, 1775! Get your crypto out for the purchase of a lifetime from our episode sponsor. WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Podcast: On The 250 River With Dr Dan–Top 5!–The Week Ending May 22, 1775
May 27, 2025 by
My latest Podcast. Enjoy and feel free to reach out. WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
