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Making Peace in America

Every 4 years about Inauguration time I start to think about what we need to move forward in the country we love, America. I’m not a political person, I’m about as middle of the road as a person can be. … Continue reading

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The Border Solution?

Wow, this is an interesting economics concept.  No wall, no immigration enforcement except to prevent terrorism and disease spread, and no immigration restriction worldwide.  Borders across the world would be open free to emigration and immigration.  Before you dismiss this … Continue reading

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Wall or All?

Wow, this is an interesting economics concept.  No wall, no immigration enforcement except to prevent terrorism, smuggling, and disease spread.  No immigration restriction worldwide.  Borders across the world would be open to free emigration and immigration.  Before you dismiss this … Continue reading

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“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight” Oscar Wilde

I woke up this morning after dreaming about roaming through my hometown of Johnson City, New York.  I often dream about it, sometimes I’m on Main Street or, like this morning, I was by the  Endicott Johnson Shoe Company factories.  … Continue reading

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Freedom of the Press?

I like to look at issues from a different perspective, especially regarding the political arena in 2017.   I’m concerned with biased information and with the Fair and/or Equal concept that I wrote about in my blog last week.  I am … Continue reading

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Barking Up the Wrong Tree?

A month ago we saw two major events, the inauguration of President Trump and the Women’s March in Washington.  The complete antithesis of sentiments confused me because I felt, by intuition, that everything I was watching and hearing and reading … Continue reading

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Fair is Not Always Equal

In speaking with friends yesterday I brought up a statement that I learned as a teacher many years ago, “Fair is not always equal.”  I believe it is truth.  I have no idea how it would stand up to a … Continue reading

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Uncomfortable Truths?

  Why is the French study important?   After the authors were able to look at France’s S “File”, the terrorism watch list, they found some interesting patterns.  For the most part the terrorists were either second-generation French citizens, children of … Continue reading

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Terrorism, Discrimination, and the Job

Almost a week ago we witnessed an executive order that was called “extreme vetting”.  In practice, it temporarily stopped the Muslim immigration to the US from 7 nation-states. You know the results of that act.  Say what you will, I’m … Continue reading

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Ebb and Flow

US foreign policy has been operating based on a singular objective “achieving a stable international system with the US at the center” ever since WWII.  There have been two schools of thought as to how to do that.   Hamiltonians … Continue reading

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