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Category Archives: Blog
When Your House Is On Fire, Call the Pyro
First posted on Facebook, 10/09/2018. I’m trying to come up with an analogy for the environmental situation we are in. Here’s one attempt: Suppose you live next a guy you just can’t stand. You both enjoy many of the same … Continue reading
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Champions or Victims? It’s You’re Vote
This commentary was written and posted on Facebook, 10/27/2018. Before we get sucked into the horror of the slaughter in Pittsburgh, I want to recap what occurred in the last 6 days and its significance. We have just witnessed an … Continue reading
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Surprise! I’m A Democrat, Liberal and Fiscal Conservative
I’ve been pondering how definitions no longer seem to hold any validity, seeing as how the GOP loves to invent alternative facts to go along with their fictions world view. So, I took a close look at my own beliefs, … Continue reading
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Life Is Not Win or Loose, It’s Transformation
Our national argument to define our guiding values is an example of how the US is still an active experiment in democracy and governance. What we decide, through confrontation and debate will set us on a path that will affect … Continue reading
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Traitor
Yesterday, in Helsinki, Finland, the President of the United States grovelled, like the bully and sycophant he is, before Vladimir Putin, the man who has engineered a non-violent blitzkrieg against the U.S. and our allies around the world. It was … Continue reading
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The Healing Power of Beauty
With all the manufactured crisis swamping me each day, I grow weary and must find an emotional breath of fresh air. On July 4th, I took a walk around my neighborhood. I was thinking about patriotism and citizenship when I … Continue reading
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