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  • We Must Unite

    After 9/11, as Americans, we rallied around faith and the flag.  Today both faith and the flag are under attack.  Political activists are shouting that faith institutions must accept new cultural norms or lose their tax-exempt status.  Adopt same-sex marriage or get sued for discrimination.  Politicians want to pass legislation to force this on the… Read more

  • Shadows, Guns, and Reality

    I wrote this article in 2013, and nothing has changed. Unless, of course, you want to talk about a movement to defund the police, eliminate ICE, make the traditional family obsolete, set up sovereign zones within cities, an increase of violence from racist militias, a fearful demonstration of opposing groups going to marches armed to… Read more

  • BOYCOTTS–WHO GETS HURT?

    Well, I trust you had a blessed Easter, Resurrection Sunday!  I was ready to post this last night but decided to wait until today.   The MLB is wrong to move the All-Star Game, in my opinion.  Think of the workers in Atlanta.  They have waited, they have invested, they have trusted, they have believed… Read more

  • Experience Informs and Helps Shape Knowledge

    The concept that experience informs, shapes, and colors knowledge is an important idea to grasp. Our experiences or lack of experiences can prejudice us in one direction or another; it can color our thoughts, help shape our ideas, and give us a one-dimensional lens.  Two sets of eyes may see two different stories in the… Read more

  • WE DON’T SCARE EASILY–WE ARE BABY BOOMERS!

    After listening to the noise from DC, politicians, and prophets of doom, I penned the following thoughts! We Don’t Scare Easily—We Are Baby Boomers! 1. We had atomic bomb drills in elementary school and hid under our desks. 2. We had friends crippled from polio. 3. Our parents had a closet filled with foodstuffs and… Read more

  • An Open Letter to All Federal, State, Local Governments, and Library Associations

    I have been very confused by recent events in our nation.  I have watched with horror as Mr. Potato Head was made a Eunuch. Dr. Seuss has been labeled as undesirable and may be subversive in nature.  Mark Twain had been scrapped previously for being too faithful to the era from which he wrote.  Amazon… Read more

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