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Black and White

January 6, 2021

s it really that difficult to see the difference between black and white? Today’s most telegenic event was a perfect demonstration of that difference. With all of the hours of constant coverage of the mob, did I miss all of the reporting of how different the insurrection was handled?

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Recalling

December 11, 2019

ou likely jumped to the wrong conclusion as to the subject of this article. Given that I have a sight tendency to obsess over politics and economics, that’s quite understandable. Despite a desperate need to recall about 99 and 44 one-hundredths percent of all politicians, the subject on this occasion is somewhat more personal.

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On His Way

March 14, 2018

e don’t have many choices in our quest for heroes. Stephen Hawking definitely qualifies. He gave us many memorable quotes, but one comes quickly to mind. “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” We buy into the claim that man is the most intelligence of all the animals. Despite many examples to the contrary, […]

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Much Smarter

June 6, 2016

ook in the mirror. If you are wearing a Trump or Clinton t-shirt, button or hat, or if you’re smiling when contemplating our global image, or if you think this is a Christian nation, STOP. This article isn’t about you. Despite the fact that millions upon millions of people have such abysmally low standards (and/or […]

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Illegals

March 21, 2015

hey could go by many names. The 47 clowns. The 47 idiots. The 47 racists. The 47 bozos. The 47 incompetents. The 47 nincompoops. Take your choice. Or, I would suggest we refer to them at The Illegals. It’s appropriate.

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Alone

June 13, 2014

Writing a blog is, in and of itself, a lonely pursuit. Sitting in my office, with no one else around, staring at my computer screens, the television tuned to a news channel, I’m not in the most social of settings. Living in my native state of Tennessee, an economic, social, intellectual and political backwater, engenders […]

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A Bigger Bang

March 16, 2014

n grammar school one of my treasures was a telescope. If the Friday night sky was clear the university’s telescope was open to the public. It was located on the other side of the ridge, which blocked some of the town’s light. I would peddle the 6 miles to wonder what it was all about. […]

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Pale Blue Dot

November 10, 2013

t’s a pity that some are too young to have been enthralled by the messages and, indeed, the voice of Carl Sagan. You didn’t need to be inspired to become an astrophysicist or an astronaut. You could be inspired with a sense of wonder at the Earth on which we stand Enjoy this very short […]

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It Was A . . .

August 15, 2012

his is a chance for me to think more highly of myself as a writer. Every year the English department of San Jose State University holds the Bulwer-Lytton competition. It is named after Victorian novelist Edward George Bulwer-Lytton. Why honor a person with whom you are likely unfamiliar? He is the author infamous for the cliché opening line, “It […]

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Words Fail Me

August 2, 2012

ords may fail me but seem never to have failed that master polemicist, Gore Vidal. It’s difficult to consider oneself a writer whenever one reads a titan such as he. It does, however, give one a truer perspective. In light of our relative literary strengths, I will rely for the greater part of this small […]

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