Uncomfortable Questions for Candidates on the 4th of July

Here they come, pulling around the block in parade floats, flanked in front and behind by enthusiastic supporters handing out fliers and candy. They’re the 2024 candidates for whatever office — Legislature, Congress, Sheriff, Governor, President. They might work the sidewalk, shaking hands, hoping to gain that human connection that will win

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The Star Spangled Banner: A Weapon For Saving America

I’m tired of fearing for the future of America. Weirdo perverts and unhinged authoritarians from garbage-strewn cities don’t get to define our future. We The People do, and we outnumber those freaks by a lot. We can spin our tires in the mire of our current predicament all day long but we’ll

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Throwing Stones: MLK, Revisionism & Imperfect Figures Through History

“America places its best men on pedestals so that others can throw stones at them.” – Tom Clancy Back in January of 2024, conservative influencer Charlie Kirk loosed a “hot take” about Martin Luther King, Jr. that I haven’t heard much: “MLK was awful,” Kirk said. “He’s not a good person. He

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The Circumlocution Office: Tales Of Government Ineptitude

If you’ve ever had the misfortune of needing to deal with a government agency, you’ve experienced the Circumlocution Office. In a recent post my wife explained the Circumlocution Office and all of its bureaucratic glory. Taken from the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit, it’s essentially a term used to describe the nonsensical

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Chemical Skies: Part II, The Science of Cloud Creation

How do you create a cloud? Well, let’s back up and revisit our elementary school science lessons. What are clouds? Clouds are the product of three factors coming together: water vapor, dust, and cold air. Surface water evaporates into the air where it attaches to atmospheric dust. When that combination is cold

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