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I guess one question would be whether Republican governors’ refusals to address the coronavirus epidemic seriously reflects their blind loyalty to their Infector-in-Chief – who now insists on endangering children by sending them to coronavirus incubator classrooms as well as destroying
Read moreA 72-year-old woman has been released from the hospital after getting gored by a buffalo at Yellowstone National Park. She had been camping, saw the buffalo grazing nearby and decided to take a picture, a few pictures. She managed to
Read moreRecent commotions have overshadowed what good news has occurred during recent weeks. One piece of encouragement is that Malala Yousafzai graduated from Oxford. It seems like just yesterday that a 12-year-old Malala was shot in the head – twice –
Read moreI wanted to do my part, help some like-minded folks, make a contribution beyond my verbiage. So, I donated (not large amounts) to various do-gooding organizations – a few of a similarly enlightened political mindset, a few just plain good
Read moreWe knew that Donald Trump doesn’t care about small children – either the small brown ones he cages or all others he threatens with his anti-environmental policies. We knew that Donald Trump doesn’t care about the military – stealing money
Read moreSo, what has our first experience with a pandemic taught us? Republicans value profits over people? Well, we already knew that. The COVID-19 outbreak only provided irrefutable evidence. Somehow Republicans viewed 100,000 deaths – many due to their priorities –
Read moreTHIS WAS ON A FRIEND’S PAGE: An anguished question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’ THE SERIOUS ANSWER: Here’s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters en masse: That when you
Read moreAnthropologists seemed shocked last fall when they announced that our Neanderthal cousins saved bones to suck the marrow later or perhaps to cook up a soup. But, food caches can be found among most living beings, including insects and plants.
Read moreBlack Lives Matter. I say that to forestall any who might accuse me of trying to marginalize that movement. Not so. George Floyd, Breona Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery should be alive today. Their lives mattered. Their family and friends are poorer
Read moreMy last pre-pandemic outing was to Lawton to attend a reading from my favorite living poet, Naomi Shihab Nye of San Antonio. I have been a fan for 35 years. Seeing and hearing her was special. She puts words together
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