Opinion

Chopstick Dexterity
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December 5, 2022
One-party System: How It Really Works
Censorship
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December 4, 2022

In China, I discovered how their government let’s you hear only the news they want you to hear.

Telling A Lie
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September 17, 2022

Words mean things, specific things.

A “lie” is when someone knows otherwise but chooses to intentionally deceive others.

Housing prices in Phoenix have skyrocketed with the influx of Californians. With their excess cash, they are “California-ing” the houses including the addition of concrete block fencing in front of the house, and sometimes all the way across the front of the property, albeit a low one.

2024 Election SNAFU
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February 20, 2022

According to “Biden vs. Trump: The Makings of a Shattering Constitutional Crisis” the 2024 federal election could shape-up like this.

Facebook has (again) falsely judged a post.

One of my wife’s posts was about her (southern) ancestry. You’ll see it below.

The trees did it long before us.

A Man
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June 3, 2020

Several decades ago, my employer moved us and several other families from Memphis to Phoenix.

Polarization

With today’s “social media,” opinions and frustrations pull some people together while pushing others away. The net effect is a greater polarization of society, not less.

The Fifth Estate includes social media, blogs, the internet in general, and all of us.

History

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