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2015 A Breakthrough Year for the Earth?
AT THE VERY LEAST AN EYE OPENER? Maybe we can, at the very least, start talking about Global Climate Change. Let’s face it, 2015 went out almost as if the Earth were screaming at us to take her into consideration when making our New Years’ Resolutions. Here in South Florida, we spent Christmas sweating through… Read more
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The First Amendment vs. Clear and Present Dangers
JUSTICE HOLMES’ BIG LIE! During World War I, Charles Schenck, a socialist, was arrested for distributing anti-war pamphlets in front of an Army recruitment station. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court in the famous/infamous Schenck v. United States. Writing for the majority, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes declared Constitutional protections of free speech… Read more
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A Happy? Winter Solstice
LESSONS ON FACING THE DARKNESS TOGETHER There’s something special about this time of the year, the coming of the Winter Solstice. Almost all Northern Hemisphere cultures in the world recognize the symbolic import of the longest night of the year, few, however as dramatically as the traditional European cultures who saw this time as a… Read more
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Planned Parenthood and the Fruits of Terror
A PERSONAL CONFRONTATION WITH TERRORISM Okay, the bi-line may sound a bit hyperbolic. Perhaps it is. But only a little. I don’t put advocacy stickers on my vehicle. It’s just not my thing. I have, however, made an exception as a result of the terror attack against Planned Parenthood and my father’s response to this form… Read more
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Welcome to the White House President Trump
A PLAUSIBLE DOOMSDAY FORECAST I HOPE DOES NOT COME TRUE So I’m afraid I have to change my mind about the absurdity of a Trump presidential candidacy. I have to admit, when I first heard that The Donald was planning a bid for the presidency, indeed, even when I saw his announcement speech, I scoffed. I… Read more
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Using Flying Killer Robots is Terrorism
NO DIFFERENT FROM SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND OTHER ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS What is it that puts the “terror” in terrorism? One might argue that the true terror is never really knowing where the terrorists are going to strike. This creates a paranoic mentality in which each step of everyday life must be measured against its potential of… Read more
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