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The Other World Cup
The FIFA World Cup (soccer) begins on November 20th. My wife and I attended a quite different match this week at the Boulder, CO JCC. To protect privacy and to discourage paparazzi, I use no actual names. The…
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The Beatings Will Continue
“The beatings will continue until morale improves” is a rather familiar quip of unknown origin. Two recent news stories remind of just how apt the saying remains. The first was an astonishing New York Times report on the reinstitution of…
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The Case for Civics Education: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
There is an alarming decline in knowledge about and confidence in our civic institutions, to include lawmakers who influence constituents with such misleading and false assertions. How did we get here and how do we get out?
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A Letter to the Former Guy
Dear Mr. Trump: It has come to our attention that you are considering re-applying, despite your expulsion nearly two years ago. While you are, of course, legally permitted to re-apply, we write to inform you of the likely futility of…
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Kids Need Guns Too!
“The kids at Uvalde needed JR-15s to defend themselves from the evil maniac that didn’t care about laws. At least they could have defended themselves since no one else did while their parents were held back by police.” – Marjorie…
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Dollars for Dogma
This week the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Carson v. Makin, a case dealing with a Maine statute that prohibited public funding of religious schools. The majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, struck down the Maine…
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Thoughts, Prayers and Blood
The “bipartisan” gun legislation in Congress is an utter sham. Among other things, it actually does nothing about guns. It is like offering a drop of water to a starving man. As is often the case, Democrats have…
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The “Christian Right” is Neither
“The Moral Majority is Neither” This succinct summary of Rev. Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority movement was the message on one of the only bumper stickers I’ve ever displayed. I’d like to paste another message on my bumper if I could…
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Mass Murderers Don’t Drive Teslas
Sometimes we can’t see the forest for the trees. With yet another mass murder, this time in a Tulsa, OK medical facility, the nation reels. The trees are obvious, although identifying the species is complicated. The easy availability of weapons…
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America – Love It or Leave It
My dear friend, the late Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr., spent his last years in Strafford, VT, near my former home. He was a lifelong, passionate voice for peace and justice, notably as a civil rights pioneer and a leader…
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