December 28, 2017

"TO VALUE ONE ANOTHER IS OUR GREATEST SAFETY"

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On Christmas day, I found myself re-reading this from my favorite author,  Marilynne Robinson:   “Cultural pessimism is always fashiona...

REFLECTION ON THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION OF 1917

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“IT COULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT HIM, BUT HE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT ALONE”—THE RUSSION REVOLUTION OF OCTOBER 1917 Lenin:  The Man, The...
December 3, 2017

DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY: A ROAD SHOW TO BE REJECTED

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I posted this blog 21 months ago concerning Donald Trump's campaign. After  his election, I hoped he would mature; that he would accom...
December 2, 2017

JUST IMAGINE: IF WE HAD TREATED SOCIAL SECURITY LIKE WE ARE NOW TREATING HEALTH CARE

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Of the defects in the just-passed tax legislation by the Senate, the most destructive by far in my option is the removal of the individual m...
November 7, 2017

THE WIT AND WISDOM OF JOHN PEPPER

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THE WIT & WISDOM OF JOHN E. PEPPER Jr. (Compiled by my former P&G colleague and good friend, Eugen Mihai) “Life isn’t always ...
October 23, 2017

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AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTON OF MY CONCERN ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP – ANATOLY CHERNYAEV Anatoly Chernyaev was perhaps Mikhail Gorbachev’s clos...
October 3, 2017

THE LAS VEGAS MASSACRE--LIVING PROOF THAT THE PLETHORA OF GUNS IS A MATTER OF "PUBLIC HEALTH"

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 I AM RE-POSTING THIS ESSAY  WITH SOME EDITS FROM 15 MONTHS AGO. HOW MANY MASSACRES WILL IT TAKE FOR US TO ACT ON THIS REALITY AS OTHER CO...