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Ten Issues Where I Agree with Conservatives

Ten Issues Where I Agree with Conservatives

Posted by on Jan 5, 2016 in Blog, Politics | 11 comments

 

National Review Magazine founder William F. Buckley Jr.

 

What troubles me most when discussing important issues is close-mindedness.  Call it cancer on communication.  This seems to be an epidemic right now.

People who insist their minds are “already made up” and can’t be changed annoy me.  Surely, unexpected events and unforeseeable circumstances may come about that should make us re-evaluate what we think.  The acquisition of knowledge isn’t finite.  One’s personal belief system is more of an evolution.  What we believe is true today might prove demonstrably prove false tomorrow.

I’ve come to view changing one’s mind as not as a weakness.  Rather, I see that as a sign of strength, an indication of personal growth — and most important, an open mind.

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Stop Domestic Terrorism: Time to Call Out the National Guard in Oregon

Stop Domestic Terrorism: Time to Call Out the National Guard in Oregon

Posted by on Jan 3, 2016 in Blog, Politics | 3 comments

 

wipe-out-right-wing-domestic-terrrists

 

Things usually turn out badly for those who purportedly hear voices from god and then grab their guns.  Apparently, that was the impulse that led to the current standoff happening right now in a remote part of southeast Oregon.  We now have an armed insurrection on our hands triggered by a fringe group of heavily-armed militants, most with some mighty grotesque misinterpretations of the United States Constitution.

My advice — go in there with the National Guard and clean the out.

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My “Anti-New Year’s Resolution” Resolution

My “Anti-New Year’s Resolution” Resolution

Posted by on Jan 1, 2016 in Blog, Personal, Rants and Raves | 2 comments

 

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Years are numbers.  They’re merely demarcations of the calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, in 1582.

But they also represent frontiers of passage.

As 2015 ends and 2016 begins, millions of New Year’s resolutions will come, and then pass.  Some pledge to go on diets and improve their health.  Others take on new projects or vow to complete unfinished tasks.  Many renew aspirations to be better people and improve relationships with family and friends.  Most of our annual reaffirmations are sincere.

Still, I’m puzzled as to why we need one specific day on the calendar to make constructive changes in our lives.  What makes every January 1st so special?  Why not February 3rd?  Or July 17th?  Or October 24th?  Instead, can’t there be 365 opportunities to turn over a new leaf and do something good?

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