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Taney ? Who's Taney
I asked the question on social media the other day, who is Taney ? I requested that no one google the answer because I was curious. I did receive several replies of, I don’t know and I haven’t a clue.… Continue reading
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keeping us informed
The big solar eclipse is coming up. Are you planning on watching ? I expect I will try to catch a glimpse, although I doubt I stand and watch the whole event. I haven’t purchased my ” eclipse ” glasses… Continue reading
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Just pictures on the wall
I have quite the collection of photographs hanging on my walls. I am fortunate that I have a great deal of the older ones handed down to me for safekeeping. I’m also lucky to have a wife that indulges this… Continue reading
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Tell me that
Let’s all take a deep breath and think for just a moment. Just what is it we are fighting about ? Are we really fighting about monuments ? Are we really fighting about what injustice took place over 150 years… Continue reading
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Everyone was wrong
After watching the evening news and seeing what transpired in Virginia I am left with a sense of foreboding, menacing and dark. It is an uncomfortable feeling and one I am not used to. One I hope I never get… Continue reading
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History is the precedent
We should all be working for the common good, isn’t that what we are taught ? In order to do that we would need a common goal. Does the United States of America have a common goal ? If… Continue reading
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to what end
To what end ? That is a question I feel most of us struggle with. We go about our daily lives, doing the things we feel compelled to do, but to what end ? Are we here to merely reach… Continue reading
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Truman, Ike and Trump
What to do about North Korea ? That is what is on my mind this morning as I sip my coffee and contemplate the world. You know the Korean war officially ended seven days after I was born, Yes, it… Continue reading
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permission
What would you say is the biggest thing you have ever done without getting permission ? Well, I guess that would depend upon your relationship situation. If you are married or in some other form of committed relationship you know… Continue reading
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for pleasure or profit
You may have heard. The city of Baltimore called for a 72 hour cease fire. That’s right activists groups asked the crooks and criminals to stop shooting each other for 72 hours. It almost worked too, only two people killed… Continue reading