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Déjà vu All Over Again In light of the recent Senate hearing featuring Anthony Fauci being harangued by Senator Rand Paul, his longtime nemesis, one would understand if you thought you were in a time warp and it was 2020 again. It seems we are not done litigating the Covid pandemic and the government’s response
What is History History, as my recently deceased college professor used to teach, is change through time. You start with a description of the era under analysis, and then you show what factors led to the changes that transformed that era at the end of the survey period. All this necessarily involves gathering facts, and
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A Sad Realization Donald Trump ran, at least in part, on the platform of ending the war in Ukraine. As part of his attempt to do this he negotiated a deal with President Zelensky of Ukraine to keep up to $500 million of profits from Ukrainian mineral extraction in exchange for continued support during and
The War of Christ Be With You? Read More »
The Nature of Terror Terrorism is the use of violence, particularly against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. Many will add the world “lawful” to differentiate governments from nongovernmental actors. This is unacceptable. Either a moral philosophy is universalizable, or it is situational and tribal, therefore we may safely ignore it. Also, as followers
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A Tale of Jackassery This is a story set at Christmastime. That does not make it particularly heartwarming. It is really a story of police officers with waaay too much time on their hands. It was December 21st. I think it was a Tuesday, which would have made it 1993. A co-worker and I were
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The Game is Still Rigged Today concludes a series on the main ways that the financial system rips off the average worker and investor. There have been in the last few years changes proposed in how financial advisors are regulated. Much of this centered around the regulation of 401Ks, which are regulated by the Department of
Wholesale Rip-off Part 12: Why Current Reforms Will Not Work & What We Can Do Read More »
A Story of Reconciliation What follows is a true story of reconciliation and a friendship between two unlikely people, of whom I am one. It is a story of people who were able to rise above partisan politics and forge a working relationship and a friendship. In short, in a small personal way it shows
What is Unconstitutional? Most people would answer that question by starting with a philosophical sounding explanation. It might involve judicial theory or perhaps a legal philosophy. Terms like “originalist”, or “living constitution” would appear. Then complex arguments underneath these banners would arise to explain why or why not a particular law passed constitutional muster or
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The “Why” of Voting We are in the heat of the election season now. Many Will start voting soon, and many more will do so before the actual election day. Only 9+ more weeks to go before it is all over. Thank God! It has only been about 6 weeks since Biden’s withdrawal , but
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The Why of War It would be easy as a person of faith to simply claim that wars are a product of humanity’s fallen, sinful nature, and leave it at that. That this is true in a larger sense cannot be gainsaid, as we all fall short of the glory of God, as St. Paul
Wars and Rumors of War Read More »