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The notion of ‘reparations’ to the descendants of slavery is an affront to those who freed them. However, if there were to be ‘reparations’ here is what it should...
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Most of us were raised not to lie. Most of us understand that while a lie may hurt it’s always less than the truth. As humans, our senses help...
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If you want to do something to honor veterans who are the reason we are free, watch this 7+ minute video of a young boy respecting veterans at Omaha...
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The question isn’t why Minnesota’s 5th District congressional representative IIhan Omar dislikes Jews. She is free to express her viewpoints. Many Americans have strong opinions about many things. In fact,...
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To drain the political swap, we must acknowledge how pervasive it is and how it gets polluted. The political swap may be centered in DC, but its tributaries extend...
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Many of the non social issues, or perceived issues, facing the country are so large and mentioned so often that their impact on individual citizens is lost. Examples of...
Read moreMany have accused the materials for teaching the new and very controversial Common Core national educational standards as politically biased toward a “progressive” or liberal political viewpoint. While that...
Read moreMany are blaming Detroit’s leaders as the source of its abysmal fiscal situation which has resulted in the City seeking protection under U.S. bankruptcy law. In a Democracy, that...
Read moreJody Airas is a 32 year old California woman who is on trial in Arizona for the premeditated murder of her former boyfriend, Travis Alexander. She has acknowledged shooting...
Read morePolitical correctness is chipping away at our First Amendment right of freedom of speech. Political correctness is an enemy of Democracy.
Read moreMany foreigners believe Americans think they are better than individuals from other countries. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Read moreMany confuse having good character with being a good citizen. They aren’t the same. It would be similar to saying that having good character is the same as being...
Read moreCandidates put up signs hoping you’ll remember their name and vote for them because of name recognition. Candidates do this because they know many of us won’t take time...
Read moreHow ironic that the US government would consider using the military to prevent oil from reaching our shores after the recent oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico,...
Read moreI was flying from Palm Springs to San Francisco. I sat down in seat 9B. As I watched passengers embark, I noticed a young guy wearing a baseball cap...
Read moreAbraham Lincoln in his famous Gettysburg Address talked about democracy as a government “of, by and for” the people. This assumed that the “people”, meaning American citizens, were involved.
Read moreYou’ve heard about government bureaucracy. You probably also know that many city, state, and federal government agencies are outsourcing many services to the private sector to save cost and...
Read moreSound backwards? The founding fathers would think so. They knew that America’s priorities had to be “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and in that order as stated...
Read moreMost of us have things or individuals we appreciate. It could be a job, one’s eyes, a friend, where one lives, or a place in the woods where one...
Read moreMany Americans believe the interrogation technique called “waterboarding” is torture. And they say that civilized societies don’t torture because harsh interrogation isn’t one of the values of a civilized...
Read moreThe next time you wonder why many of our problems persist, remember the headlines in the aftermath of the recent Mumbai slaughter and Walmart stampede.
Read moreWe keep hearing about our “rights”. A right to own a house. A right to go to college. A right to get married. A right to affordable health care. A...
Read moreMarch 5, 2002 was election day in California. On that day, the bodies of three Americans, who had died in a “fire fight” in Afghanistan trying to recover the...
Read moreThe defeat of the recent Senate immigration bill, designed to deal with illegal immigration and which had bi-partisan support, is an example of the power of democracy. Americans were outraged...
Read moreIllegal immigration and outsourcing are similar in their impact on the American job market. Both take jobs away from Americans and give them to non-Americans who will do the jobs for significantly...
Read moreIn a news conference about progress in Iraq, President Bush “acknowledged” that the country has war fatigue. The statement went unchallenged by the media – no surprise. Why challenge...
Read moreCertain groups want to destroy our country. They have told us and shown us. They fly planes into buildings, behead individuals and broadcast the killings, and blow themselves up in...
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