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Feb. 27, 2021

Who Is My President?–Who is Yours? (EP.309)

Introduction If you are a resident of the United States of America, Joe Biden is your President–and mine. As was Donald Trump. Now that we have handled that news flash, let’s talk about who I want to have as our …

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Feb. 24, 2021

Texas Freezeout: The Hidden, Powerful Lesson We Must All Understand (…

Introduction “This shows how the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal for the United States of America.” -Greg Abbott, Republican Governor of Texas. “This proves the need for a Green New Deal.” -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N...

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Feb. 20, 2021

Vaccine Politics–Getting In the Way Of Defeating COVID (EP.307)

Introduction Who would have thought that anything–anything–could put together certain right-of-center groups in with some Blacks, Native Americans and Hispanics? The Proud Boys holding hands with La Raza. COVID vaccines did j...

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Feb. 17, 2021

Shades Of Blackness and the Richness of Humans (EP.306)

Introduction For centuries, anyone who had any noticeable black ancestry was considered to be black for purposes of hateful discrimination, including slavery. Today, anyone who has any noticeable black ancestry is considered ...

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Feb. 13, 2021

Walmart and Amazon Have Not Killed a Single Mom and Pop Business (EP.…

Introduction Each of us chooses where to buy. Businesses offer value propositions, e.g., price, selection, convenience, hours, location, quality, customer service, return policies, etc. We consumers vote with our dollars; we ...

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Feb. 10, 2021

Remote Learning (Closed Schools) and Racism (EP.304)

Introduction I am using the word “closed” to mean both not open to in person learning, and not open to school choice. And I am going to tie both to today’s accusations of racism. That is the subject of today’s …

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Feb. 6, 2021

GameStop: A Ponzi-like Market Manipulation: (EP. 303)

Introduction Manipulating stock markets, attempting to make money independent of any realistic valuation of the stock in question, is deeply wrong, and creates stunning amounts of damage. Most often to the little guy. That’s ...

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Feb. 3, 2021

Impeachment Redux: A Show Trial (EP. 302)

Introduction Impeachments throughout history have been entirely political proceedings, with voting almost entirely along party lines. Juries in criminal proceedings vote in accordance with the evidence as they see it. Congres...

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Jan. 30, 2021

Immigration Redux: The Clear Solution No One Wants (EP. 301)

Introduction Immigration is one of, if not the most, important issue facing our country today. And there is a clear, workable and comprehensive solution set that has been ignored for decades. Why? Because politicians don’t wa...

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Jan. 27, 2021

“99 44/100% Pure”–Not Good Enough Anymore (EP.300)

Introduction “99 44/100% pure. And it floats!” That was Ivory Soap’s tagline once upon a time. Being that pure does not float anymore. It is 100% or go fish. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Beware...

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Jan. 23, 2021

Unity Requires Honesty–From Both Sides (EP.299)

Introduction President Biden is calling for unity, and through unity, healing. All people of goodwill want unity, at the very least unity of purpose. Everything good, including unity, requires honesty; complete and unabridged...

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Jan. 20, 2021

Donald Trump and Colorado Springs: Beginning To End (EP.298)

Introduction In 2016, my wife, son and I went to check out the Republican nominee, Donald Trump, at a rally here in Colorado Springs (COS). In 2021, he ignored everyone’s recommendations and moved the new Space Force from its...

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Jan. 16, 2021

Siloed Into Oblivion: Parler Is Not The Answer (EP.297)

Introduction Hailing the banning of unwelcome and disturbing (to you) thoughts and opinions, or joining a resurrected Parler or otherwise retreating to the warm embrace of sites and apps where you feel comfortable and unchall...

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Jan. 13, 2021

Rationalizations Over Common Goals: The Real Rioters (EP.296)

Introduction Our common enemy as the world’s oldest democracy is not Trump, antifa, Nancy Pelosi, AOC, QAnon, or Bernie. The enemy is rationalization, the destructive thinking that says that we and others like us are in the r...

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Jan. 9, 2021

I Miss My Friends and Family (EP.295)

Introduction COVID has me hunkered down, mostly isolated from both family and friends, but I understand why, and now that I have my vaccination dates, I can see the light at the end of this tunnel. The continuing estrangement...

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Jan. 6, 2021

The New Catch 22–Gotcha! (EP.294)

Introduction Joseph Heller’s famously popular 1961 novel, “Catch-22”, he wrote that to get out of the Army in WWII, you needed to declare that you were insane. But if you were sane enough to claim that you were crazy in …

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Jan. 2, 2021

New Year’s Resolutions That Work (EP.293)

Introduction To change anything, we must start by changing ourselves. Changing others, our family, our community, our political or planetary environment and the world, all must start with changing ourselves. That is the subje...

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Dec. 30, 2020

Funding Higher Education: Caution! (EP.292)

Introduction First, some questions: 1. What is higher education? and 2. How should we fund it? President-elect Biden wants to make community college free to the students. In essence, he wants to take the free and currently fa...

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Dec. 26, 2020

The Stimulus Check And You (EP.291)

Introduction Congress has passed the $900 billion Covid relief and an Omnibus budget bill totaling $2.3 trillion. Joe Biden called it a mere “down payment” and Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it is “a first step.” And the President...

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Dec. 23, 2020

What Makes A Qualified Voter? (EP.290)

Introduction The question is not who is judged to be legal, but who is qualified. Remember, just because it is legal, does not mean it is right. The reverse is also true; just because it is right, does not mean …

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Dec. 19, 2020

Was The 2020 Election Fair? (EP.289)

Introduction Was the 2020 Presidential election fair, or was the outcome engineered in a way to all but guarantee the election of the Democratic Party’s nominee? That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing I ...

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Dec. 16, 2020

Our Telling Personal Responses to the COVID Pandemic (EP.288)

Introduction That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing This is a global pandemic, requiring each and every one of us to take it seriously, and do our individual best to contain, and eventually, end it. Noth...

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Dec. 12, 2020

Love, Courage and Discipline (EP.287)

Introduction We are not built to live in a spirit of fear and timidity, but of courage, love, and discipline. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing This concept has been expressed in many places, includ...

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Dec. 9, 2020

Deniers: COVID, Holocaust & Climate Change (EP.286)

Introduction With COVID, the Holocaust and Climate Change there are legions of deniers, the true unbelievers. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing All three of today’s topic areas, COVID, the Holocaust...

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