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Once a lightweight, always a lightweight Not too long ago (before the 2008 elections) one of my heart doctors asked for my opinion about B...

A real simplistic review Service chiefs, like the Commandant of the Marine Corps, are mostly to man, train, and equip their s...

Things are going to change Let me get this right. A USA federal judge gave certain citizens six votes each in a local election in Port Ches...

The value of using human history The main value is with the emphasis on “human”. After all, all times and circumstances are different. But...

That is just what is going to happen Now if you even buy the idea of this title, then think foreign and domestic. And think that decisions ...

How to think We humans all think, and mostly use our intelligence we got from our mothers and fathers, our educations, our experiences, and...

Now the real change begins Have you noticed how much the word “crisis” is now used? Not too many decades ago, one seldom heard this word, e...

Suppose Americans don’t vote for your idea? There could be, and probably are, a myriad of reasons. The usual one I hear is the generalizati...

The difference between facts and optimism My vote is that I would pay for people who report the facts, mostly as a short cut (so I don’t ha...

What happens next? Nobody knows for sure, but all can guess since that is just human nature, and parental nature probably. Most have heard ...

Let us not screw our kids over It is kind of embarrassing to even bring this subject up. After all in the USA America most people still exp...

A sad state of affairs Sometimes are better than others. And this is an others time. Bummer for those affected, which are too many. One ...

Here is an idea. History is human according to humans. And let us give the Brits some credit for helping shape our world, and I think, our ...

The collapse of one way of life And the birth of another. The collapse is inevitable to many. It is mostly economic, but also cultural. Th...

Organizational ineptitude Just who is in charge of our federal government these days? A pattern of behavior is what prompts the question. A...

Things in perspective Perhaps we USA Americans still do not dominate the rest of the humans in the world. Perhaps other humans in the world...

Another political mafia comes to town To be kind, that is probably the nature of American federal politics. Use your imagination and educ...

Reinforce success, not failure And voting is the main way to do it in the USA America. And voting’s effects will apply quicker, like over a...

Let’s come home We USA Americans are pretty neat. But we also eventually act in our own self interest, like protecting us, our families, an...

“I wish we had another choice” And we USA Americans actually do have new voting choices in 2010. And the good news is that it is evolving a...