Thoughts and Commentary

About the Book

This book consists of a series of essays covering a wide range of topics and viewpoints. Many of the topics cover contemporary issues, some are more universal and there are two sections that cover eclectic selections entitled “Open Commentary” and “Inquiries About Common Assumptions”. These essays are designed to stimulate your contemplative urges and as essays, can be read and reread in the leisure hours when contemplation about an issue seems appropriate. These essays were written over several year’s time and represent thoughts captured and generated about current events, popular and unpopular notions, seemingly unsolvable dilemmas, major news, mysteries and methods. This book was not written as a something for everyone tome, but a multitude of topics that need more analysis and reflection than is provided by the popular opinions viewed in the media. This book usually offers a different “take” on the common opinions voiced in editorials, news analysis and platitudes. It is the author’s hope that there are readers looking for insights that reflect genuine real world solutions, techniques and direction. This is the kind of writing I wanted to read and found I had to produce it to see it in print. The enjoyment I feel is what I wish to impart to the reader. To whomever finds that enjoyment, I dedicate this book.

For additional essays and topics please visit http://www.Americanchronicle.com and search under my name. I wish to acknowledge the support and proof reading to my wife Donna,

About the Author

Dale Netherton was born in Cedar Rapids Iowa on December 30th 1938. He attended Wilson High School on the south side of town and left for the Marine Corps in June of 1957. After serving two years in the Corps he enrolled at Iowa State university in Ames and graduated in forest management in the spring of 1963. He worked for seven years in the field of forestry mostly in the southern states of Texas and Arkansas. He then returned to Iowa and began a career at General Mills in Cedar Rapids where he retired after 22 years of service holding positions of lab technician, sanitation manager and plant services manager. During this time he obtained an M.B. A. from Nova University, took a year of philosophy classes at the University of Iowa, became a facilitator for Kepner -Tregoe and wrote an outlooks column for the Cedar Rapids Gazette for 7 years. He moved to Southeast Iowa after retirement and built a campground on the Des Moines River catering to hunters, fishermen and families. He has written two novellas, countless editorials, over 240 essays, produced two poetry videos, has been published in Lyrical Iowa several times , had letters published in the New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek Magazine and contributed online to canoestories .com. He is now more fully retired in his house on the river with his wife Donna putting together writings, cutting firewood, fishing , camping and golfing.