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Posted by on Mar 27, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Thoughts on Smoking

 

I just saw a report that says cigarette smoking among the American population has reached an all-time low. Only about 11 percent of Americans smoke cigarettes–defined as using a tobacco product within the past week. The high point on smoking’s popularity was the year 1965, when nearly half of all adults smoked. This interim period reveals a remarkable reversal of habit, social norms, and how different everyday activities used to be, when smoking was such a significant part of daily life.

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Posted by on Mar 16, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

The Myth of Moving to the Middle

 

 

 

THE MYTH OF MOVING TO THE MIDDLE:

WHY DEMOCRATS SHOULD EMBRACE LIBERALISM, AND NOT RUN AWAY FROM AMERICAN MAJORITY OPINION

 

This article is long. But, it’s important.

I keep hearing that Democrats need to “move to the middle.” We’re told most Americans oppose things that are “too liberal.”

Hmmm. But, is this really true? Let’s examine several issues and look at the facts:

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Posted by on Jan 19, 2025 in Blog | 1 comment

Grading the Biden Presidency: Justice / Legal / Crime

 

 

GRADING THE BIDEN PRESIDENCY:
JUSTICE / LEGAL / CRIME

Grading the chief executive’s record on crime is largely superfluous. That’s because most crime-fighting and the mechanics of criminal justice take place at the local level. Personnel, prioritization of enforcement, allocation of resources, courts, jails, and even many prisons are strictly matters for state and local governments. The executive branch impacts crime across the country relatively little, by comparison. In fact, the federal judiciary is far more impactful on local crime than any policies originating within the White House.

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Posted by on Jan 18, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Grading the Biden Presidency (Foreign Affairs)

 

 

GRADING THE BIDEN PRESIDENCY:
FOREIGN POLICY

This topic deserves multiple subcategories. However, in the interest of time and space, I must make generalizations, Admittedly, what I’m about to write will be woefully incomplete.

Different grades should be given to various global regions and distinctive periods on the four-year Biden Administration timeline.

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