February 24, 2021

Twenty Years Later—The Debate About "Political Correctness" Continues, As Well It Should

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  If I needed any further evidence that few things are new, I gained it as I went through some of my wife, Francie’s old files.  One is on t...
February 18, 2021

How History Will Look Back—The Senate Impeachment Trial

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 The trial ended about as one would have anticipated in that there was less than a two-thirds majority of the Senators who voted to convict....
February 10, 2021

Maintain Focus—Keep the Faith—Act

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The last few days have dashed any hope I had that having seen what Trump incited on January 6—on top of all of the other insults to characte...
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February 9, 2021

A Poem Written by My Eleven Year Old Granddaughter and One of Her Classmates Two Days After the January 6th Attack on Our Capital

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  Rock Bottom Storming the capitol A landmark in D.C All at the hands Of an ex-president to be Rioters holding a flag of red white and blue ...
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January 16, 2021

The Contingency of History—We Missed a Bullet—So Today, January 20th—We Celebrate with Relief and Hope Joe Biden's Inauguration

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  I am more mindful than ever of the  contingency  of history.    There are so many ways we could be beset with another four years of Trump....
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January 7, 2021

2021—A Year of Hope and Opportunity. A Test of Our Resolve

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  The year 2020 revealed stark realities like no other year in my 80+ year lifetime.  It has taught us a lot.  It has left us aware of the n...
December 16, 2020

Porcupines: An Intriguing Metaphor for How We Pursue the Common Good While Retaining Our Individual Interests

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  The One and the Many:   America’s Struggle for the Common Good  by Martin E. Marty   This book, written by Martin Marty, was published 23 ...