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Posted by on Sep 29, 2025 in Blog | 1 comment

USA! USA! USA! — Oh Please, Just Shut Up

 

 

“USA! USA! USA!” …. OH PLEASE, JUST STOP

Back in 1976, I was 14. My father took me to an international track and field competition. It was held inside the Fort Worth Convention Center. Team USA faced TEAM USSR in a 3-day mini-Olympics. Track and field, pole vaulting, gymnastics, and all the usual sports were displayed. Despite the USA and USSR being intensely at odds on the global political stage, in sporting competition the mood was very different. The crowd of several thousand, almost all Americans and overwhelmingly Texans, cheered when the athletes from the Soviet Union did something spectacular. Sure, we were all cheering for our fellow Americans. Yet, our *guests* merited respect. They also deserved praise when they won or accomplished something big.

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Posted by on Sep 22, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Farm Aid 2025

 

 

FARM AID 2025…..
SOCIALISM IN THE HEARTLAND…..
AND THE LAST LEAF ON THE TREE…

Late Saturday night, I tuned in and caught most of Willie Nelson’s one-hour set. Farm Aid 2025 was broadcast live from Minneapolis. The concert was shown start to finish on CNN. As has been his annual custom for four decades now (and counting), the beloved music legend closed out the latest chapter of Farm Aid with poignant songs and sentimental memories. It was the perfect close to a perfect day that blended hope, music, fun, and even a bit of chaos into an 11-hour benefit concert in support of America’s struggling farmers. Note: More about their “struggles” coming in a moment.

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Posted by on Sep 12, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Free Expression vs. Accountability

 

 

QUESTIONS ABOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION….VERSUS THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR ACTIONS

I’ll try to frame this in a very generic way. By that I mean, trying to stay — apolitical. There’s no intended bias, nor defense of any particular ideology, nor the advance of another.

Assuming you’re rational and logical and can argue a point without emotion, you should be able to ponder larger questions and perhaps also offer constructive engagement. At least, that’s what I’m hoping for.

Here we go….

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Posted by on Sep 11, 2025 in Blog | 3 comments

Thoughts on the Shooting

 

 

Aside from the moral and ethical questions on politically-targeted violence, in the most self-serving Machiavellian sense, the real lunacy with violent acts –including assassinations of public figures– is that they often produce the unintended consequence of elevating the profile of the victim. Violent acts usually backfire in terms of generating sympathy and popular support. If you’ve never heard of the victim before, well you’ve heard of him now. Who knows how many future book deals that’s worth or how many speaking engagements he’s going to enjoy, assuming he’s able to survive the ordeal.

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Posted by on Aug 31, 2025 in Blog | 0 comments

Review: “Kill Tony” (on Netflix)

 

 

MY REVIEW: “KILL TONY”
(PSSST….DON’T GIVE ME ANY IDEAS)

I just endured the cruel misfortune of watching the opening to a new Netflix special. Ten minutes was as much as I could stomach.

Kill Tony: Mayhem at Madison Square Garden is the name of this dreck purported to be a *comedy series* dredged entirely in shock humor punctuated with an unendurable strain of witless insults. Watching a brimming toilet overflow on Christmas morning would have been more amusing.

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