U.S. Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/u-s/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 23:07:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Are You a Criminal when you Protest? https://smthingscount.com/2019/10/21/are-you-a-criminal-when-you-protest/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:42:14 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8500 Ever notice how many protesters have their faces covered?  This is true all over the world, including here in the U.S.  Yet we have freedom

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]]> Our Seniors are Hungry https://smthingscount.com/2019/09/16/our-seniors-are-hungry/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:56:24 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8437 The AARP reported some startling statistics about our senior citizens (age 50+). Many are going hungry in the U.S. Here are their figures: 10+ million

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]]> Cow-Cuddling??!! https://smthingscount.com/2019/08/06/cow-cuddling/ Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:07:03 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8304 Yup. It has come to the U.S. Europe has been doing it for years. Why? Because it relieves stress. Want to try it? Check out

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]]> Guns DO Kill People–in the Wrong Hands https://smthingscount.com/2019/08/05/guns-do-kill-people-in-the-wrong-hands/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:49:39 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8336 I’m not advocating taking people’s guns or rights away, but I am advocating for sensible laws and regulations (since it isn’t happening without them) that

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]]> Guns: Where we stand in the World https://smthingscount.com/2018/12/14/guns-where-we-stand-in-the-world/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:30:13 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7560 The CDC has compiled all its 2017 statistics and revealed a startling fact: almost 40,000 people died last year from guns in the U.S. That’s

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]]> Two-Minute History of Illegal Immigration https://smthingscount.com/2018/08/08/two-minute-history-of-illegal-immigration/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 16:13:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7156 Could you or a close friend be called an “Illegal” in the near future? Yes. This  short video takes us through a history of who

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]]> Wanna Go Forest Bathing? https://smthingscount.com/2017/04/08/wanna-go-forest-bathing/ Sat, 08 Apr 2017 16:27:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5788 Okay.  I admit it.  I’m a tree hugger.  I love being out in a forest.  It relaxes me and helps me understand my place in

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]]> High Cost of Gunshot Treatment https://smthingscount.com/2017/03/29/high-cost-of-gunshot-treatment/ Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:16:54 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5750 Startling fact:  It took almost $7 billion–and possibly more–to treat gunshot victims over nine years (read Gunshot Wounds Cost U.S. Hospitals Nearly $7 Billion Over 9

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]]> How the U.S. Can Save $9 Billion a Year https://smthingscount.com/2016/10/18/how-the-u-s-can-save-9-billion-a-year/ Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:36:56 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5295 Unthinking adults are costing taxpayers a whole lot of money just by NOT doing something simple.  Meanwhile, they’re hurting themselves, those around them, and their

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]]> CA, Immigration, Violent Crime, and People who will Save Us https://smthingscount.com/2016/05/09/ca-immigration-violent-crime-and-people-who-will-save-us/ Mon, 09 May 2016 17:22:34 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4834 I don’t like outsiders coming into California and telling me what’s wrong with my state, especially when they haven’t done their homework.  I’m galled by

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