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The Price of Eggs

November 8, 2024 1 0 Steve Nelson

I posted this abbreviated history lesson in many social media nooks yesterday. It seemed to be greeted with yawns, although I’m an amateur at generating clicks. 2016 – competent white woman lost to disgusting white man 2020- mediocre white male…

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Thank You For Your Service

October 28, 2024 1 0 Steve Nelson

“Thank you for your service!” On many occasions I’ve been offered this dollop of gratitude when someone learns that I served in the U.S. Army as an officer during the war on Vietnam. My “service” was without real distinction, although…

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Damned If You Do – Or Don’t

October 27, 2024 12 0 Steve Nelson

Oh, what a bind they’re in! The dynamics in my town’s local election are a window into the vise that grips Republican candidates nationwide. “My town” is Erie. Candidates for Mayor and town council have divided into two pods, despite…

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The Definitive Erie Election Guide

October 23, 2024 5 0 Steve Nelson

It’s really quite simple. Don’t be distracted by arcane arguments about water rates, grocery stores, traffic patterns and other bits of town business. Swirling beneath the surface details is profound disagreement about what kind of community we want to be.…

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Non-Answers Are Damning

October 7, 2024 2 4 Steve Nelson

“Did he lose the 2020 election?” – Tim Walz “Tim, I’m focused on the future.” – JD Vance “That is a damning non-answer.” – Tim Walz Yessiree! That JD Vance is sure focused on the future, what with his incessant…

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Guns Over Children

October 4, 2024 3 0 Steve Nelson

On a recent sunny late September morning, my wife and I watched the highly entertaining Jogathon at our 4th grade grandson’s elementary school. The delightfully chaotic event was held on an upper field on the school grounds. The 4th graders…

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Blood on His Cheeks and Hands

September 7, 2024 8 0 Steve Nelson

Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith called the latest school massacre in Winder, GA “pure evil.” Smith was among the predictable chorus of voices who ascribe demonic forces at work every time children (and adults) are slaughtered in America. Colt Gray,…

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Many Things, Not “Weird”

August 14, 2024 1 0 Steve Nelson

There’s a great deal to like about the Kamala Harris/Tim Walz phenomenon. I, like many millions, feel guarded optimism, not the chronic despair that preceded Biden’s abdication. But there is a dimension to the enthusiasm that is slightly troubling, particularly…

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Get In The Damn Boat!

July 23, 2024 Like 0 Steve Nelson

Politics aside, I can’t imagine any more satisfying end to Trump than to be soundly thrashed by a woman – a woman of color no less. In a rare explosion of Democratic Party sanity, Biden’s withdrawal glided smoothly into what…

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This IS Who We Are

July 18, 2024 Like 0 Steve Nelson

“This is not who we are!” – President Joe Biden and several million others in response to the assassination attempt. As is the case in mass shooting after mass shooting, all the attention is diverted from the real issue of…