Liz Cheney is one of the very few Republicans of integrity in the U.S. Congress today. When we read her words here, we’re impressed, but we wonder, when Trump is gone, if any aspect of the concept of honor will …
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Introducing Sex to Kindergarteners
Whenever I run across nonsense like this, I’m reminded of the two school administrators I met recently, and this subject arose. I asked them, 1) how often do elementary schoolers (age 5 – 7) want to know about human sexuality? …
RIP, Activist and Primatologist Jane Goodall
Our civilization has lost one of its giants with the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall. One of the great primatologists with her exhaustive study of chimpanzees, she became even better known for her conservatorship of the natural world. About her …
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Fascism in Washington
The federal judge’s chilling words at left here show us exactly how close we Americans are to an autocratic and completely lawless government.
America Faced the Perfect Storm, and the Outcome Has Been Horrific
As the meme here suggests, liberty is being eaten alive by ignorance and fear. But how did this happen in a land that, until recently, was productive, relatively lawful, and deeply respected on the world stage? Until very recently, there …
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Electricity vs. Gasoline
Note the use of the word “better” at the bottom of the cartoon here. A boyhood friend of mine learned in grade school to analyze words like that by asking “Better for whom? Better for what?” The answer is more …
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Most Americans Still Have a Great Deal of Common Sense
Americans are being asked to choose between two propositions. The U.S. military: Is being feminized and weakened by political correctness, a situation that Pete Hegseth can and will rectify. Is the envy of the world. Its leadership and policies have …
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Trump’s Grossly Illegal Modes of Clinging to Power – How All This May End
Many of us like to wonder about the final days of this Trump regime, how it may succeed, and how it may come to a fiery end. Here’s one scenario by which this thing blows apart into smithereens: Trump commands …
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Adding Back Shop, Music and Art into School Curricula
In school boards all around this country, conversations are being held about returning classes like shop to the things we expose our kids to. I’m sure there is an endless stream of arguments and counterarguments to be made. One is …
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Does Evil “Destroy Itself?”
What Aristotle said here is interesting, especially since there has been so much of both evil and good through the millennia. The days since Aristotle have been marked by the Golden Age of Rome (Pax Romana), the Dark Ages, the …
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