Monthly Archives: May 2009

Wow, racism does that?

If you go here: http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/05/experience_of_r.html you’ll find at bostom.com, in a regular feature “White Coat Notes: News from the Boston-area Medical Community,” an article entitled “Perceived racism linked to weight gain, researchers say.” Hooo boy! As author Frances Kendall once … Continue reading

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Recognizing Israel’s "right to exist"

It’s on the news again. The president is trying to get Israel to make territorial concessions in the hope their enemies will be satisfied, make peace, and recognize Israel’s right to exist. I can’t believe I’m still hearing this garbage … Continue reading

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Memorial Day, 2009

“On, sons of Greece! Set free / Your fatherland, your children, wives, / Homes of your ancestors and temples of your gods! / Save all, or all is lost!” Aeschylus, The Persians Those lines were written by the ancient Greek … Continue reading

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Oh God, not this "sophisiticated European" crap again

If you go here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/so-john-edwards-had-an-af_b_203742.html to the Huffington Post, you’ll find an article by a Johann Hari, a columnist for the London Independent, entitled, “So Jonathan Edwards Had an Affair — Grow Up, Adultery is not a Political Issue.” Hari … Continue reading

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The administration and those photos

Note: This appeared as an op-ed in the weekend edition of the Valley City Times-Record. “There were young knights among them who had never been present at a stricken field. Some could not look upon it and some could not … Continue reading

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Hey, I won something!

No, it wasn’t the lottery. Not yet, and you won’t hear about it from me when I do… What I won was First Place in the North Dakota Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest, in the category of Personal Columns – … Continue reading

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A recommendation and my plan for voluntary term limits

Have a look here: http://www.pjtv.com/video/Afterburner_/The_Cost_of_Media_Bias/1736/6337/ at Bill Whittle (my favorite blogger) video-commenting on media bias. Chapter and verse, chapter and verse. God I love the video age! It’s getting harder and harder to maintain hypocrisy and lies in public anymore. … Continue reading

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And speaking of pictures…

We had an exchange at the office the other day, which I’m still chuckling over, for reasons I can’t quite explain. The weather outside was foul, and our town is still rationing sewer use. The durn college sports auditorium electronic … Continue reading

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Ooooo am I getting it now!

Note: What follows is an editorial for the Valley City Times-Record. It follows a story I did, which is described in the editorial. The story was accompanied by two pictures. One of two North Dakota Highway Patrolmen in their shirtsleeves … Continue reading

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