Manns Medium

Ever thought about how you would feel if you thought   that you were the only person left on earth, well Elsie Eiler might have a small idea how that feels. According to Reuters Rick Wilking “At its peak in the 1930's the town had 150 residents but after the railroad left it began to decline. Now down to a population of just one, Elsie Eiler, Monowi is the only incorporated town, village or city in the United States with just a single resident.”   Now I have heard the term “a one horse town” but never a one woman or man, for that matter, town.   It does explain one thing though and that is populations tend to follow industry so when the railroad left so did the majority of the population.   The article does not say when the railroad shut down so we do not know exactly how long this town has been in decline but looking at the pictures from this article tells a lot. The article also does not say how close Ms. Eiler’s nearest neighbor is but I guess it’s safe to as...

I was well aware that Republicans had campaigned on the need for jobs and still none have proposed anything close to creating jobs but quite a few in eliminating jobs.   I was aware that much of the work that was being done in State government all around had more to do with women’s rights and abortion than anything else but in the method that only Rachel Maddow can do, have I been further educated in the extent that these new lawmakers all over this country were willing to go. Her guest for The Interview was Ms. Terry O’Neill of the National organization for Women and the discussion was on the Nebraska Abortion Bill which had spawned several other copycat bills all over this country.   They discussed that the Nebraska bill prohibited abortion at the 20 week frame but they Ohio bill was reaching further back to the 5 to 6 week frame.   It was discussed that the current law of the land Roe vs Wade banned this and there fore it was blatantly unconstitutional but the reason ...