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Love Thy Neighbor

Hold on tight to those you love with all the love you’ve got. Life’s far too short to take for granted those with whom you’ve fought. Even those who’ve fought in war and did not meet their end. My Uncle’s Normandy reunion made him a German friend. They had fought …

Which is the bigger crime?

Which is the bigger crime; using illegal drugs or selling illegal drugs? Which is the bigger crime; an illegal alien worker or an illegal alien employer? Should it be illegal to sell a $400 chainsaw for $2000 after a hurricane? Should it be illegal to offer credit to ignorant people …

Israel’s War

In our wars the press reports body counts of our soldiers and how many women, children, and non-combatants we’ve killed. I’m sure there is some truth to it. We rarely hear much about how many enemy combatants we’ve killed. I see the press as reporting on war based on monetary …

Debate debate debate!

I don’t blame anyone for wanting to come to America even with our problems of crime, poverty, mental health, health care etc. You can name worse places I’m sure. Whether we see immigrants crossing our borders as a problem or not, the government Republicans, Democrats and most of our press …

Don’t forget the flowers!

I scan the news everyday and it can be disconcerting. War, violence, shaky stock markets, job losses, political fights, lawsuits, virus scares, disease, new studies that refute the old ones, disaster predictions, you name it! My favorite team or person might win, jobs added, promising cures, somebody does something good …

Semper Paratus

I often hear “sayings” that on the surface are popular and make sense. “We don’t need to be the worlds police” is very popular and I’ve heard many Republicans and Democrats repeat it. I don’t want Americans killed in war or anybody else. Reality that I sense tells me that …