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justifying justice
Is justice finding a way to justify an action? That appears to be the goal these days. The criminal justice system has always been associated with punitive actions. In fact, that is the purpose of the justice system, provide punishment… Continue reading
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assigned
I have my great grandmothers’ bibles. These bibles are not the typical family bible that comes to mind. They do not have entries about births and deaths, or marriages. They aren’t large elaborately bound volumes. But those bibles are… Continue reading
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you never know
This afternoon I’m going to the rodeo. My tickets are a birthday gift from my son and his wife. We will all go together. It should be a good time. This is the first time the rodeo has come… Continue reading
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just the facts
I’ve started watching the Womens soccer FIFA world cup games. My wife took an interest in this sport when our grandson first began playing and later becoming a referee. Now neither of us boycotted any of that because of Rapinoe.… Continue reading
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selling the image
Was reading about the controversial song by Jason Aldean titled, try that in a small town. After a bit of reading, I went to you tube to check out the video to see for myself what the fuss is all… Continue reading
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making progress
Today I celebrate seventy years. It’s a strange thing because I don’t feel like it has been seventy years. Thirty-five or forty maybe, but seventy? Must be the new math. Well age is just a number I’ve been told. I… Continue reading
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a larger net
Listening to Kamala Harris, and others, talking about drug abuse. Kamala was talking about the fentanyl crisis. She was explaining how the use of that drug is a mental issue, it’s an addiction and we should, as a nation… Continue reading
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leave it alone
Not much to say this morning. Heard Pete Buttigieg talking about climate change causing the flooding in Pennsylvania. It was explained that this flooding happens once a century! So, I thought, well if that happens once every hundred years or… Continue reading
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Conceding
It can be said in many different ways, expressed by scholars and by fools, but my thought is simply that we have taken off those rose-colored glasses and the starkness of reality is causing the great collapse we are seeing… Continue reading
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What to do
“Find what is unique to you and you will find fulfillment.” (A.B.Reichart) Is fulfillment a singular thing or does it stem from the happiness of others? Being fulfilled is being happy and content. That is what the dictionary says… Continue reading