CommonSense2 May, 2013 – Issue # 63
This is going to be a short newsletter (You don’t need to cheer when I say that) because I am off to my daughter Jessica’s graduation from Law School. Pat…
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Prioritizing Our Many U.S. Problems an Ignored Political Chore
The political noise is all about guns, gays, immigration and supposedly the debt; the New York Times calls it the Obama Agenda. These are all non-issues and constitute what I…
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Good Old Larry
Bob Hunter smiled. He had the little bastards now, and he was gonna scare the bejesus out of ‘em. Tommy Walker, Ricky Willis, Barry Snyder and know-it-all Marvin Blevins. Neighborhood…
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Oh, That’s What the Boy Scouts Mean by Being ‘Morally Straight’
Harry Strausser III owns a successful small business with 25 employees in Bloomsburg, Pa. As an undergraduate, he was a national champion in several forensics categories and represented the Boy…
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An Exchange with Senator Gillibrand
Dear Sen. Gillibrand: Not that you will ever see this, but I did follow the NY Times report on your hearing on sexual assaults in the military. 19,000 per year…
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BOUNDS OF REASON
J. M.’s sense of loyalty to people he knows and likes often causes him to step beyond the bounds of reason by resorting to overpraise. Knowing how critical he is…
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Two Marshmallows
Mike loved Hot chocolate mornings… Always with two marshmallows. Not one–two! And they had to be fresh. After Mike died Mary always placed Two fresh marshmallows On his tombstone. No…
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KATY IN ITALY
Your bruised eye was bad enough. San Marco was under a thin inch of water and you fell never believing in the life of a saint no matter how much…
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Why I Couldn’t Vote for Obama
I often find myself on the defensive when I tell fellow Democrats and Progressives that I voted for Jill Stein (Green Party) for President last year rather than cast a…
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Lauded Study’s Conclusions Bogus
Austerity is presently the economic policy advice offered by economists to cure the lingering global economic recession. The IMF and the European Central Bank demand that countries cut spending and…
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