The Diminishing Power of the Media, Part I

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Keep this simple set of facts in mind when the subject of the strength of the Democratic Party base comes up. And keep a constant visual of this map in your head when the subject...

The New Frontier

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The album was entitled #16, (1963) and inspired by none other than John F Kennedy, a Democrat. Go Figure It was the last album of theirs I ever bought. I wonder if the words will work today? https://youtu.be/xw2_5pqMGYw

The Promise of Socialism in a Single Song

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says it all. https://youtu.be/2Vjfw7UHl_E We've been blessed to be able to watch this promise proved before jumping in head first I have no doubt that Democratic Socialism, when it emerged as the dominant political arrangement in Europe...

Dealing with the Separate Reality of the Left

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Over Easter weekend my wife and I watched a half-dozen Easter and Passover-themed films. Among them was the 1968 film "Shoes of the Fisherman" which actually laid out the then-current state of liberalism in Hollywood. The Catholic Church, played...

First Principles about America; First Questions

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Is America an accident? A freak of Nature?  Or, is America the product of Intelligent Design? I don’t intend to try to answer the second half of that question here as that requires an inquiry into philosophy...

Sad Mamas

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Postscript I watched a gathering of parents and children at my YMCA gym for their weekly 2-hour session teaching young 5-6 year olds how to handle and shoot a basketball. About 20 kids, all races, each with a parent, mom or dad standing behind them,...