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Exercising Religious Liberty

Exercising Religious Liberty
April 2, 2016
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The Mississippi state senate is  attempting to pass a ‘religious’ liberty bill. People who want to exercise their faith, should, …Read the Rest

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No More Abortion – Issue – Please

No More Abortion – Issue – Please
April 1, 2016
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I’m tired of it.  We’ve been fighting this abortion battle since the 1980s, and all it has done is split …Read the Rest

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Voice-over vs. Captions

Voice-over vs. Captions
March 31, 2016
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I quit watching the National Geographic Channel ages ago due to the fact that instead of doing a voice over …Read the Rest

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The Big Fat Feminist Lie

The Big Fat Feminist Lie
March 30, 2016
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Do you know why women watch beauty pageants?  No, it’s not a joke or a punch line.  Women watch beauty …Read the Rest

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Do You Still Beat Your Wife?

Do You Still Beat Your Wife?
March 29, 2016
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Once upon a time a man named Gary Hart dared the press to follow him as he proved he did …Read the Rest

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The Narcissistic Demands of Irate Individuals

The Narcissistic Demands of Irate Individuals
March 28, 2016
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Without disclosing too much, my sister has a successful, small restaurant chain in a large city.  Her anchor location is …Read the Rest

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Good Friday

Good Friday
March 25, 2016
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Torturing with Thoughts of Torture

Torturing with Thoughts of Torture
March 24, 2016
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When you live in a country where the president of a major university offers therapy and counseling to students who …Read the Rest

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The Long View of Life

The Long View of Life
March 22, 2016
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Don’t ask me the year.  I was just a little kid.  I’m thinking it was mid-summer, 1962.  I’d spent several …Read the Rest

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Get a Political Grip, Already Yet

Get a Political Grip, Already Yet
March 21, 2016
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The world is up in arms because Donald Trump said that there would be riots if the GOP convention was …Read the Rest

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The Mitt Romney Republicans or The Slobs vs. the Snobs

The Mitt Romney Republicans or The Slobs vs. the Snobs
March 19, 2016
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Remember the classic comedy, Caddyshack, where everything basically was about a clash of civilizations, the Slobs vs. the Snobs?  That …Read the Rest

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Stupid People Not Voter Suppression

Stupid People Not Voter Suppression
March 18, 2016
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This is what voter suppression looks like. Once again we are being subjected to a litany of complaints about the …Read the Rest

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St. Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer

St. Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer
March 17, 2016
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Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, …Read the Rest

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Fanatics & True Believers

Fanatics & True Believers
March 16, 2016
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NOTE:  I am in the process of writing daily essays for a book about Lent.  This is from March 14. …Read the Rest

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Liberals Can Be So Ignorant… How Ignorant Are They?

Liberals Can Be So Ignorant… How Ignorant Are They?
March 15, 2016
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I was rather interested in an article about something Barack Obama said in 2008.    Obama was quoting the 1987 movie, …Read the Rest

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Something Nasty This Way Has Come

Something Nasty This Way Has Come
March 14, 2016
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As I have repeatedly stated, there is nothing wrong with honorable protest, done orderly and with a modicum of manners …Read the Rest

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Sunday Morning Opera: O du mein holder Abendstern

Sunday Morning Opera:   O du mein holder Abendstern
March 13, 2016
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One of the greatest baritone arias ever is O du mein holder Abendstern from Tannhauser. Enough said. Like a premonition …Read the Rest

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When Campaign Spending Is Pure Evil

When Campaign Spending Is Pure Evil
March 12, 2016
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The other day I heard that, in one week the anti-Trump Romney version of the GOP (or what they left …Read the Rest

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Border Problems

Border Problems
March 9, 2016
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“…The Border Patrol’s Lordsburg station has been understaffed in recent months, down about 50 agents in a location that is …Read the Rest

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Sunday Morning Opera: Sex and Politics

Sunday Morning Opera:  Sex and Politics
March 7, 2016
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There are two constant themes in opera – sex and politics.  They are almost always in the same opera.  There …Read the Rest

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Odds & Ends & Mittens Gone Mad

Odds & Ends & Mittens Gone Mad
March 7, 2016
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Ted Cruz winning the Kansas GOP caucus is not exactly a big fat hairy deal.  I would have been shocked …Read the Rest

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The Tragedy of Sandra Bland

The Tragedy of Sandra Bland
March 4, 2016
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The officer who stopped Sandra Bland has been fired.  That’s sad.  Of all the tragic deaths of young people the …Read the Rest

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Why I Plan to Vote for Trump

Why I Plan to Vote for Trump
March 3, 2016
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In 1984, the conservative ‘establishment’ elite decided to band together and force Ronald Reagan not to run for re-election.  He …Read the Rest

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The Koch Immolation of Donald Trump

The Koch Immolation of Donald Trump
March 1, 2016
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What I find absolutely remarkable is the fact that someone made an announcement picked up by The Hill, that there …Read the Rest

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Marco the Little Bully Boy

Marco the Little Bully Boy
February 29, 2016
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Rumor is Marco Rubio’s wife called the wife of Ted Cruz, begging her to talk him into quitting the race …Read the Rest

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Sunday Morning Opera: Latonia Moore

Sunday Morning Opera:  Latonia Moore
February 28, 2016
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I am a confessed baritone junkie.  It is very, very rare that I bother with anything else but baritones.  But, …Read the Rest

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Religious Context

Religious Context
February 27, 2016
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The following fresco is being cleaned and restored, in Rome.  It is, thus far, one of the earliest known representations …Read the Rest

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Trump, the Elites and the Pundits

Trump, the Elites and the Pundits
February 26, 2016
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I do not support Trump. I was supporting my friend, Lindsey Graham, and then Jeb Bush. Republicans like of my …Read the Rest

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