Protest

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               Widespread protests this summer triggered by repeated, unjustified (7 shots in the back is hard to justify) police shootings of black people sends a clear message that racial injustice…

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Lessons to Learn

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History will reflect on the 2020 pandemic and offer opinions because that’s just what it does, but more important, we must learn lessons from our experience to improve our response…

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Symbols

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If honoring history with statues of controversial people and scenes is so necessary and correct, why are there no statues of Hitler?  The answer is because Hitler offends everyone, but…

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Odd

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Some things are just odd, annoying or incomprehensible.  For example: 9/10ths of a cent on the end of gas prices.  When gas was 5 cents a gallon, this fraction was…

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What’s Wrong?

There are some basic things about Covid 19 that would be valuable to know and which could be settled with some fairly simple scientific experiments (compared to vaccine development).  What’s…

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Reopening

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There are two things to consider about the current May reopening wave, one nefarious the other, not so much.  The more innocent one is that people are itchy to get…

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What Happened to the News?

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Admittedly the coronavirus pandemic is big news, but many nights the local and national news have no stories but.  Does this mean that all that news before the pandemic, which…

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Reopening

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Reopening the country without appropriate protective gear and strategies will endanger lives more than is necessary.  For those who choose this, such as the Michigan protesters, it is their risk…

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The Cost of Preparedness

The lack of US preparedness for the coronavirus pandemic has been shameful and unnerving.  On the policy side, it started with Trump ignoring plans given to him during his transition…

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10 National Issues (Parts 9 & 10)

Here is the final installment. Foreign policy.  As the only current world superpower and arguably with the strongest economy and government system, what is the US’ role in the world? …

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