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The 2nd Amendment is ‘so 18th century’
Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson
Sunday, September 15, 2019 9:34 AM
One way to mitigate the risk would be for people on a mass basis to change their hearts so they want to be helpful to their fellow human, not belligerent or non-caring. Unless we have a nationwide, old-fashioned revival, that doesn’t seem likely.
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  • The 2nd Amendment is ‘so 18th century’

    The 2nd Amendment is ‘so 18th century’

    Sunday, September 15, 2019 9:34 AM
    One way to mitigate the risk would be for people on a mass basis to change their hearts so they want to be helpful to their fellow human, not belligerent or non-caring. Unless we have a nationwide, old-fashioned revival, that doesn’t seem likely.
    3 comment(s)
  • Depression and decisions

    Depression and decisions

    Sunday, September 8, 2019 8:18 AM
    The summer solstice has passed, and we are facing six months of ever shorter days. I don’t like short days. I really don’t like fall, for it portends the cold days of winter. Although it is now 52 Septembers since I faced winter in a cold and drafty old farmhouse, those memories have never gone away.
    53 comment(s)
  • Reconciling the divide

    Reconciling the divide

    Sunday, September 1, 2019 12:22 PM
    When I think over conversations like the ones I just shared, this is only reinforced for me. I cannot begin to move to a point of reconciliation with the opposite side. For this example, I have just relayed, like many others I see, show a movement, a party, that is determined to obfuscate and falsify the narrative.
    46 comment(s)
  • Why are we so angry?

    Why are we so angry?

    Thursday, August 29, 2019 7:40 AM
    From my point of view, however, the biggest source of hostility in speech comes through my phone. You will identify. It is these insane computer voices that ask me endless questions in order to “promptly help me with my issue.”
    11 comment(s)
  • Are some lives more valuable than others?

    Are some lives more valuable than others?

    Sunday, August 25, 2019 10:33 AM
    In 2017, the National Highway Safety Transportation Administration attributed 9,717 fatalities on U.S. highways to speeding. According to the World Health Organization, this does not put the U.S. in the top 25 countries in the world for traffic deaths due to speeding by any measure (per capita, distance traveled, etc.). Also, in 2017, according to PEW research, there were 14,542 homicides in the U.S. by firearms. This places us 30th in the world. There were 879,000 abortions in the U.S. in 2017, ranking us as the number 10 country in the world for this practice.
    29 comment(s)
  • Taking out the trash

    Taking out the trash

    Thursday, August 15, 2019 10:15 AM
    Monday evening, I called up a friend of mine to talk about a business matter. He was in the midst of taking out the trash at his girlfriend’s house. She lives in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Georgetown. He was grousing about the precision of can placement required by sanitation crews.
    2 comment(s)
  • The politicization of everything

    The politicization of everything

    Tuesday, August 6, 2019 7:53 AM
    There is an answer to all of this. I recommend a book to you written by the good Dr. Seuss. It is the “Sneetches.” This book comes closest of anything I have ever read to describing the despicable condition we find ourselves in today. Read it, then resolve to be a better person yourself, a better person as Dr. Seuss might describe.
    1 comment(s)
  • Sad, tender and necessary advice

    Sad, tender and necessary advice

    Sunday, July 28, 2019 8:22 AM
    Laura’s and my parents died between 1998 and 2017. I just got off the phone with a friend who is going through the process of transitioning his parents and his wife’s parents from their own homes to assisted living. I shared a number of experiences with him and thought these would make a good column, too.
    2 comment(s)
  • Calling the Social Security Administration

    Calling the Social Security Administration

    Thursday, July 25, 2019 4:07 PM
    (My raspy voice): “I want to talk to someone about Medicare Part D.” (Computer Voice): “We don’t offer pedicures. If you think we should offer pedicures, hang up and dial 800-555-1287. Unless you have a hangnail, then you should visit your local Social Security office and file a disability claim. That is if you are between ages 37 and 65. Otherwise, call 800-555-6781.”
    1 comment(s)
  • The start: July 16, 1969 – 50 years ago!

    The start: July 16, 1969 – 50 years ago!

    Tuesday, July 16, 2019 7:19 AM
    On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was launched from Cape Kennedy, Fla. On board were Neil Armstrong (of Wapakoneta, Ohio, and a graduate of Purdue University), Michael Collins and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. Two hours and 44 minutes after launch (one and one-half revolutions of the Earth), the S-IVB rocket stage fired and started Apollo into a translunar orbit.
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