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Those of us alive at the time remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001, when Saudi-led terrorists hijacked four airliners and flew two of them into the towers of the World Trade Center and another into the Pentagon.
Read moreThe event made quite an impression. A pal’s sixth birthday party, and something did not go his way. His desires were thwarted. So, he threw himself face down on the living room floor, pounding it with his fists and
Read moreIn mid-August, the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report documenting the continuing warming of Earth and the perils implicit therein. But, the fate of the planet and everyone upon it doesn’t hold the attention
Read moreOne of Joe Biden’s more admirable goals upon assuming the presidency was his hope to get the country over the hill and coasting toward pre-pandemic normalcy by July 4. He failed – because of his false assumption that everyone
Read moreLooks can be deceiving. Our Southern Plains has had a milder than normal summer – with rains arriving almost weekly. Last week reminded us of our norms, but this week is supposed to be cooler again. We could
Read moreNearly 100 years ago, John Dewey indentified “the serious and fundamental defect of our civilization” as “materialism, our devotion to money making.” Along with the corollary of “having a good time,” these conditions are “controlled by interest in private
Read more—It is from the same bag of tricks as the race card—can be fitted to anything. Higher minimum wage causes greater unemployment. Welfare payments cause dependency. There is an element of truth in both claims; however, They never kept union
Read more“Collateral damage,” usually a military term – as when “pinpoint” drone strikes wipe out wedding parties instead of militants – applies to politics and economics as well. The two-thirds of the United States’ 600,000 COVID-19 deaths that could
Read moreA Facebook friend of mine posted this last week bragging on what Republicans have done. “BECAUSE BLACK LIVES MATTERED. Approximately 620,000 white soldiers died in the civil war in order to obtain freedom for the black slaves. The average age
Read morePolar bears spend so much of their time on ice floes and the frozen Arctic Ocean that they are classified as aquatic mammals. The greenhouse-effect heating of planet Earth is melting polar bear habitat out of existence. In
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