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Rules for a Republic
If anything good has come out of all the chaos lately it is that more people are reading the constitution. That isn’t to say everyone is reading that document to understand what it says exactly but more to bolster… Continue reading
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a difference that matters
When our differences no longer matter we will have succeeded. I wrote yesterday about differences and from comments I received I felt like I hadn’t really explained what I was thinking. And so after spending the day celebrating my… Continue reading
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differences
I left this thought in response to a Facebook posting and thought it would make a good blog post, so here it goes. Instead of celebrating our differences we should focus on discovering our commonalties. Tolerance is not the… Continue reading
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necessity
Every once in a while a picture, a photograph or just a momentary glimpse will inspire me. Often I find that I am inspired with what I hadn’t noticed the first time I looked. I discover that later on.… Continue reading
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transition of power
The reality is we have a new president. He is not one I have chosen and one I believe will do more harm than good. That being said, he is the president. As I sort through my emotions the… Continue reading
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shut up
As I checked my notifications on Facebook this morning I was met with an exclamation point and a warning. I was informed that my comment had violated community standards. My comment was classified as hate speech. Well, being the… Continue reading
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let me explain
My interest in history and in my ancestors has grown over the years. I have given that some thought, wondering why that should be so. Then I thought, maybe it is simply because it seems so much closer now,… Continue reading
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idle hands
Idle hands do the devils work. That is an adage I heard from my grandmother. a woman that was always doing something. I wonder if perhaps that isn’t the cause of a lot of the troubles we see in the… Continue reading
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A new declaration
I was thinking about how our Congress, and government in general, has become so corrupted. Now when I say corrupted I mean in the sense it has been changed. This government isn’t what the founding fathers envisioned. There were… Continue reading
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Fate
I keep hearing the same commercial on television. It is for the the Recovery Centers of America. It’s a simple production, just a single lady standing there talking. I’m not certain how or why it caught my attention, I… Continue reading