A Free Scotland

While many of my family came from Scotland many generations ago, I love the country a great deal. I did post-graduate studies there in 1968-69 and returned in the spring of 2013. It was interesting to return to a country that in some ways has not changed for centuries and in other ways has make drastic changes.

When I was there 45-years ago, the Scots did not debate Scottish independence from Great Britain very much. However, it is now for many a hotly contested matter. While I wanted to return to Scotland because of its history, its people, and scenery, I wanted to do some research of the issue of Scottish independence that will be decided on September 18, 2014.

Spending nearly a month there recently, I have learned a great deal about the reasons for Scotland voting on independence. Like Burma, there will not be a revolution, but it will be interesting to see how the country votes.

It Was To Be a Short Phone Call But It Wasn’t

01/05/24

The Discovery in Tibet Possibly a Relative of Mine

05/08/19

It Is A Bridge Too Far Only If You Are a Coward

04/03/19

What Drives Me… My Himalayan Salt Lamps

12/19/18

From Mud To Macadam

11/30/18

The Water Horse of Loch Ness And Our Water Horses of Life

02/07/18

Brexit vs Scoxit The Death Blow to the British Empire

05/01/17

The Relationship Between Death and Life Death Can Cause Us to Live Life

04/25/16

Graham Kerr and Me On Scottish Delicacies

02/02/15

Looking Back and Remembering Looking Forward and Hoping

01/20/15

Putin A Czar on a Fool's Errand

11/28/14

Seeing When You Think You See... The Difference is Dazzling.

10/31/14

"The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men... Often Go Awry"

10/27/14

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Its History and Etymology

10/13/14

Scottish Independence You Need No More Sunshine To Mature.

09/18/14

Monkeying Around... Selfie and Scotland

09/18/14

Articles as a Living Legacy... Why I Write

09/12/14

Come Alive... Before You Die.

07/24/14

Orwell and Scottish Independence Or Smell the Heather and Vote for Independence

07/18/14

Orwell Was Ahead of His Time... He Should Have Lived in 2014

07/10/14

Connecting the Dots... For Scottish Independence

06/24/14

Changing the World... The Story of My Struggle

06/10/14

Leaving a Legacy... A Concern of a 71-Year Old.

05/18/14

Learning to Play Chess from a Master What Jack and Owen Will Learn from Me.

05/02/14

Exceptionalism Seen in the US, Scotland, and Myanmar

04/14/14

The Sins of the Father in America... What We Must Remember

04/07/14

The Golden Rock Rocks and Stones Hold Countries Together

04/02/14

Open-Letter from a Scottish-American An Opportunity To Learn From Myanmar

03/18/14

Learning About Sexism in the Middle East And Learning About An Airlines

03/14/14

What I Learned on the Streets of Yangon... From Two Dogs.

02/17/14

The Birth of Burma And Betting on that Nation's Future

02/06/14

What I Learned at the Golden Rock... Believe in the Impossible

02/02/14

British Colonial Rule In America, Scotland, Burma, and the World

01/01/14

The Fading of the Royal We... Something that Americans Need to Know

12/25/13

Count Dracula... And the Scottish Independence Movement

12/10/13

Four Reasons for Scottish Independence Devolution Seen By a Scottish-American

12/05/13

The Martians aren't Invading... But Stupid People are.

11/26/13

BP/BS-Ism and the Scottish Vote Learning from the Past

11/22/13

Cromwell's Dissolution of the Long Parliament... Then and Now.

11/13/13

Frugal But Smart Physics and Scottish Independence

11/03/13

Halloween Celebration... Something That Scotland Should Take Note

10/31/13

Churchillian Cringe Cringes are Inferiority Complexes

10/27/13

Scotland Will Be Better Together Really?

09/18/13

Scotland's Independence Vote And Its Meaning to You

08/28/13

Blue Moon And the Double Paradox

08/20/13

Mixing of Food and History The Relationship Between the Stone and the Scone

08/16/13

An Open Letter to My Fellow Scots... Things are Not as Cloudy as They May Seem

08/10/13

The Passing of Elmo to a New Generation... Or the Passing of Cookie Monster to a Free Scotland

07/17/13

Interview with Al Campbell On NPR's Worldview with Jerome McDonnell

07/01/13

Scottish Consciousness... Learning from Steve Biko

06/24/13

The Royal We And a Scottish Spider

06/02/13

How Will the Scots Vote? It's All About Who They Emulate

05/31/13

In Quest of the Loch Ness Monster... Is it Real?

05/27/13

There Exists a Thin Line... Between Minding Your Business and Minding Your Business

05/25/13

Arthur's Stones From Arthur's Seat

05/20/13

Scottish Independence and Animal Farm These are Days of Miracle and Wonder

05/13/13

Promise Made and Promise Not Kept Bannockburn and the 2014 Referendum

04/23/13

Scotland's Independence Movement ...A 21st Century Renaissance

10/20/12

Royal Racism ...Holier Than Thou

06/10/12

Dating of Independence Day 1776 and 2014

06/06/12