The other night, Jane and I decided to try one of the new shows on television this season. Titled “FBI”, neither of us believed it would be a remake of…
The United States has historically been a nation that has suffered incivility and violence in its political institutions. Any cursory examination of our past will show that vitriol flung by…
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In 1960 a blockbuster novel by Harper Lee entitled To Kill a Mockingbird which has become a classic that is still taught in many high school English classes was published. …
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Silence is said to be golden, but in today’s news it is just plain yellow (as in cowardice). On September 4 began the confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee to…
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Not too long ago I was reading a string of responses to a video someone had posted on Facebook. One individual, obviously not a Trump supporter, retorted that he wasn’t…
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Since Donald Trump became President, there have been a strong chorus from the left of those who equate him with some of the worst dictators in world history. Most of…
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Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe…
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An oft-repeated catch phrase among Democrats and one touted especially by Senator Bernie Sanders is that “The rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer.” While this makes…
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Analogies sometimes help us understand events, ideas and people. By comparing these to something familiar, we better see where others are “coming from”. In that vein, a look at the…
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By rights, I should be a Democrat. I come from immigrant stock. In fact, my father’s grandfather came here from Sweden and I have his trunk in my living room,…
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