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August 2016

August 23, 2016
Losing is easier than winning. If you win, then you have the responsibility to govern....
August 22, 2016
  She was very young, not at all powerful, but she refused to bend to...
August 21, 2016
We need more mothers in education for one simple reason: Education is for people and...
August 20, 2016
We had a cat named Solomon, who could open doors and play pool in the...
August 19, 2016
When I was a little boy, Mom would read books to me. Even when I...
August 18, 2016
Brunhilde Pomsel worked for a man who was very nice in the office. If you...
August 17, 2016
Suppose you have the choice of the lunatic John C. Fremont, the pro-slavery incompetent James...
August 16, 2016
Discussions: You have to have them, but you ought to do them well and not...
August 15, 2016
You could give money to one of our Presidential candidates or you could cut to...
August 14, 2016
"We're number one!" That can either be a celebration or a boast. It can also...
August 13, 2016
William Blake wrote: To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven...
August 12, 2016
We are told that the Emperor Nero won quite a few Olympic prizes, including one...
August 11, 2016
"Sure he tells lies," he said, "but he is a good guy and on the...
August 10, 2016
Atheists sometimes pretend that if we all just followed "science," bigotry and intolerance would cease....
August 09, 2016
There is nothing worse than when people come to "help." By now Christians are aware...
August 08, 2016
When times get tough, the tough get tender or at least that is what they should do...
August 07, 2016
At some point in my childhood, Star Trek in reruns made "tranya"  my favorite drink. While Diet Coke...
August 06, 2016
It is uncouth to be happy in difficult times and clever to be sad, but...
August 05, 2016
We live in discouraging times . . . and the temptation is to give up....
August 04, 2016
We have a marvelous, though imperfect, Constitution and unlike most politicians, the Constitution has gotten...
August 03, 2016
Hard times make for tough politics, but good times followed by not-great times create horrid...
August 02, 2016
Are we in a neo-Fascist moment? Is a demagogue in the Democratic or Republican Party...
August 01, 2016
Roger Ailes polluted the conservative movement with his misogyny for decades. Who knows how his...

July 2016

July 31, 2016
A teacher sees politics play out on the playground. Strong kids grab the play equipment...
July 30, 2016
We are not an age that likes absolutes. We temper, we hedge, we do not...
July 29, 2016
If my social media feed is any indication, a great many Americans are looking for...
July 28, 2016
When I was a boy, I thought my mom and dad could do anything. Like...
July 27, 2016
Don't pity Haman. Give him the Bronx cheer for his role in the drama of Esther...
July 26, 2016
A dying business multiplies binders and policies endlessly. There is no problem that cannot be...
July 25, 2016
Don't fix the problem that we do not have. Let's fix the problem we have...
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