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Let’s be respectfully blunt today; as we’ve been discussing, neither of our two most recent presidents are all that popular. Such is why they spend enormous amounts of energy attempting to keep others out of the race instead of adding to their own support. In order to be
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Ok, I’ll speak for myself. I need someone to vote for this November. And please, no worries if you already have that someone. I don’t. But I absolutely respect the right of each American citizen to vote for the person of their choice; it would be imperious of
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Interesting… the word “democracy” isn’t used anywhere in the U.S. Constitution. We are defined as a “republic.” We are also recognized as the oldest democracy in the modern world. To be both simple and clear, a democracy is a government run by the people. As we continue — before
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My second or third post ever was about a friend of mine named Donald. I was such an inexperienced (but witty) blogger at the time; thanks to those of you who’ve stuck with me these past 15+ years! But Donald is someone I think about often and still, even
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Prior to reading today’s post, allow me to ask for a private, personal commitment. As always, we will be respectful. Today we additionally ask to refrain from all excuse making. In order to correctly handle this word of truth, wisdom dictates we make no excuses as oft done for
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So three days ago the highest number of people ever watched the same show at the same time in television history. Did you notice then the odd occurrence of all the people watching who found something to complain about other than the game? First, it was Taylor Swift. After showing
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It’s Super Bowl Sunday! What an interesting day! And in honor of the quieter crowd who have minimal interest in professional football, allow me to avow that today’s post is prompted by the big game but really has little to do with the sport. Today we’re just
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So let’s attempt to understand the border issue. It’s been in the news much as of late, and clearly it’s a problem. Let’s take a step back, make sensible observations, with a desire to disrespect no one nor repeat any talking points. (We typically don'
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Oh, isn’t this fun? Suffice it to say (unless any of us have been living under a proverbial rock), we have witnessed a whole new promotional scheme unfold in professional football, one that the NFL’s marketing department never concocted but over which has now undoubtedly found itself both
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As we always encourage the asking and answering of questions — listening, too — here is what we witnessed asked by media in January of 2024: 1. Americans Want Change, Can the GOP Get It Together? 2. Are EVs Actually Cheaper To Own? 3. Are Latino voters really defecting in droves to
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I’ve thought about this for a while. Be gentle with me here. It’s not the easiest of subjects. But I think it makes sense. I want to talk about lying. And not so much whether we do it or not. More so, why do we believe it in
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It’s no secret that I’m a big believer in learning from diverse people groups. This idea that we can only learn from the likeminded or like-something simply doesn’t resonate with me. It seems shortsighted, in fact, causing us to miss out on a whole host of