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Nelson’s Crossing
Joe Must Go
As so many others have expressed, within a minute into the ill-named “debate,” I knew it was a certain train wreck. Biden looked like so many old men I observe going into a restaurant, for example, slack-jawed and confused –…
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Thou Shalt Not
Just one more reason to be glad I don’t live in Louisiana. Governor Jeff Landry just signed a law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom. He accompanied the law’s signing with the snickering comment,…
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Happy (?) Juneteenth!
Happy Juneteenth! Or, perhaps not so happy. I needn’t offer up a comprehensive history of the event that inspired the holiday, but it is considered the culmination of the long-fought battle for the freedom of slaves. June 19th, 1865. Several…
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Don’t Let School Ruin Your Education
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain Ah, sweet summer. Schooling is over – for most – and education can commence. Our culture has a fixed notion of what constitutes education, as do most…
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If Not For . . .
1966 In my frequent nightmares I was in a jungle in Vietnam, rifle bursts coming from all directions, the Vietcong slipping unseen and unseeable through the fetid night. My night sweats were jungle sweats. I had been drafted and was…
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April Love
The title refers to the song, not the month, although the month of April has much to praise. I listened to Pat Boone’s April Love on the car radio during a short drive on a lovely April day last week. As with…
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A Good Day For World Peace
“It’s a good day for world peace.” – Joe Biden, April 24th, 2024 A very fine day for peace indeed! Nothing says “peace” quite like Stinger surface-to-air missiles and other air defense munitions, 155-millimeter shells, Javelin anti-tank guided missiles, cluster…
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Pro-Palestinian Is Not Antisemitism
You’ve gotta hand it to the Republican-led House of Representatives. They certainly know how to put on a good show. Such was the case this week when they voted Articles of Impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security. His…
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