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Mandate Madness
My grandparents and parents experienced two great wars, an economic depression, and several tragic global pandemics. No wonder, they treated their children like children. Something about enduring calamitous ordeals, toughens the strong or destroys the weak. My parents were among … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Media, Politics, The Constitution
Tagged Dysfunctional Government, lock downs, mandates, mask mandate, Media Bias, Politics, vaccination passports
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Energy Madness
An important goal of any government should be to ensure sufficient energy for human flourishing that is inexpensive, reliable, safe, and secure. Without energy we cannot eat, we cannot move, we cannot stay warm or cool, and we cannot protect … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Energy, Politics
Tagged blackouts, carbon dioxide, Carbon Pollutants, Climate Change, Dysfunctional Government, energy shortage, eternal problem, existential threat, global warming, green energy, nuclear energy, Politics, Power Outage, renewable energy, Science, solar energy, Texas, unreliable energy, Wind Energy, wind turbines
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A Harsh Assessment
This website allows me to express my opinions about any number of subjects. Here, I have freedom of expression without much fear of censorship. Fortunately, in that regard, those who read my articles do so of their own free will. … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Media, Musings, Politics
Tagged Election 2020, Media Bias, Politics, President
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Why People Disagree
Way back before the Pandemic (BP), I wrote Why Intelligent People Disagree in an attempt to understand why otherwise smart people could come to completely different conclusions about important issues of the day. Now I’m thinking I should attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in health, Human Behavior, Musings, Politics
Tagged Censoring, Disagreement, eternal problem, Politics, Science, Silencing, Truth, Vaccines
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An Imaginary Impeachment Trial
For most of my formal education, finding the square root of a negative number was deemed impossible and even prohibited. Then the math geniuses pulled a fast one. You see, it was only prohibited in the real number system. There … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Politics, The Constitution
Tagged Dysfunctional Government, House of Representative, Impeachment, Politics, President, Senate
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The Political Cost of Energy
The modern world, love it or hate it, requires energy and lots of it. Everything we do uses energy, from transportation, to electricity, for heating and cooling our homes, for healthcare, for agriculture and food production, for every kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Energy, Politics
Tagged Alarmism, Climate Change, Energy, executive orders, global warming, Keystone XL Pipeline, Politics, President
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Closed Schools: Be Careful What You Wish For
The late Harvard Biologist, Stephen J. Gould, Ph.D., was known for his theory of punctuated evolution, the idea that significant changes occur following significant events rather than gradually and somewhat uniformly over time. Highly respected best-selling British author, Matt Ridley, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Human Behavior, Politics
Tagged Closed Schools, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dysfunctional Government, Open Schools, Politics, School Choice, Schools
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The Belt Order (S)
They have gone too far this time. The county commission just ordered the wearing of belts at all times when in the public spaces. There is a sizable fine of $101 for the first offense. Repeat violations may be fined … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged COVID19, Dysfunctional Government, Masks, Politics, Science
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Happy Washington’s Birthday!
It was a simple question the Always-Effervescent-One posed as we sipped our morning coffee. “When did this Monday holiday idea begin?” she asked, quite innocently. Neither of us could remember, so I turned to that ultimate source of all wisdom, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Musings, Politics, Religion
Tagged Calendars, George Washington, Gregorian Calendar, Julian Calendar, Politics, Presidents Day, Truth, United States
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Choosing a President: Reconsidered
Exactly one year ago, I wrote about choosing a president for our country. In that piece, I described seven personal qualities of an effective president with the most important being Integrity followed by wisdom, principles, compassion, courage, eloquence, and humility. … Continue reading
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