Category: General
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Force of Law
Yesterday was a good day. But you don’t want to hear about nerd rants. I took my wife to the hospital for minor surgery. It was successful, and the patent lived. There are hardly any places in this state that are “gun free zones”. Post offices, courts, and jails are the limit, as far as…
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Small Wins
Defamation: A statement that injures a third party’s reputation. It is a type of tort. Slander: A false statement, usually made orally, which defames another person. The damages from slander must be proved by the party suing. Libel: A method of defamation expressed by print, writing, pictures, signs, effigies, or any communication embodied in physical…
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Healthcare
One of the ways the left “wins” arguments is by changing the meaning of the words they use. When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less. — Humpty Dumpty So, what is healthcare? Healthcare is anything that is caring for your health. That is…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
This is a special day for me. It has been years since we gathered as a family at my parents’ home for a Thanksgiving feast, but that is a memory I hold dear. No, this comes from something my mentor gave me. When he was in collage, he had many good friends. Friends he kept…
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Big Mac Index
One of the most difficult tasks economists have is to judge the cost of things. If I’m paying $3/dozen for eggs and you are paying $1/dozen, do your eggs or mine cost more? This gets even more complex when you start to consider currency differences. When I’m discussing past prices, I like to convert the…
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Unburdened by what has been
Conversations with friends can be difficult. One of my friends is burdened by the inequity of the world. Because he is conservative and a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, his issues with inequity are putting him in serious mental anguish. What Has Been You struck out, westward, when you found a place to your…
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Getting Old
I’ve had a slow leak in the right front wheel of my truck for the last year. When I went to have it fixed, I found that it wasn’t the tire. It was the wheel that was leaking. Leaking tire? $20. Leaking wheel? $150+ Well, that slow leak isn’t slow anymore. Ally asked for a…
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The Silence
Ally has an event at the Fort this weekend. I drove her up Friday to stay the next two nights. We arrived after dark. The moon was bright, the skies clear. Ordinarily, visiting the fort is stepping back into a bustling place where I have so much to do. Tonight it was silence. There was…
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Introspection
Hopefully, a short one. I’ve been accused of reacting quickly to situations. Mostly, this is a result of anticipating different situations and making a plan, long before anything happens. I used to need to walk about a mile from where I parked to the office. This meant I had to carry my briefcase, with “extras”,…
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We Are Not Animals
I am reminded of the image showing a US soldier on a hillside with civilians hiding behind him. The caption reads, “The difference is that we ourselves between them and the enemy, they put them between themselves and their enemies.” It was, and is, such a powerful message of the differences between the animals and…