This great country we live in, just over 200 years old, has weathered a number of perilous times. We began with the Revolutionary War fought to free the people from an oppressive ruling king of England, then the Civil War, two World Wars, Vietnam, Korea, and now Iraq. We’ve experienced tragedies like 911, extreme and destructive weather conditions, major fires, economic downturns, and much more.
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The Crises We Face In The War Of Ideas (Issue 59)
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I’m one of those people that collects any and everything, particularly newspaper items, magazine articles, pictures, old letters, and all sorts of mementos. I think it was Andy Warhol who had a room full of things he had collected, from matchbox tops and old menus to Broadway show souvenirs, among other things. And I have done the same.
This morning as I was going through boxes of “time capsule” stuff, I ran across so much I had not thought about in a long time. One was a stack of newspaper clippings of articles I wrote and published in a local newspaper when I was a 16-year-old junior in high school.
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Nostalgia Of Blue Ridge Mountains (Issue 58)
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This morning when I flipped the switch on my bedside lamp and it didn’t come on, I started thinking about the things we take for granted. I never spend any time thinking about the eventuality of the light bulb burning out, I simply take for granted the light will always come on when I flip the switch.
From the light bulb, I began thinking about the current cost of gas and food and their daily rising prices. I then thought about times in the past when I could drive up to a filling station for gas and some attendant would be there to fill my tank while I sat in the car. I had no concerns about the cost per gallon. I didn’t have to get out and struggle with removing a gas cap and inserting the nozzle, worry about a fire if any gas spilled out, or have to struggle with some machine to insert a card. I just took it for granted that an attendant would serve my needs at the gas pump and all I had to do was sit there, hand him the money after he cleaned my windshield, and say thank you.
Here we are already into June of 2008. The temperature here in northeast Georgia is climbing into the 90’s. As the weather heats up, so does the presidential election.
The completion of all the primaries and caucuses is upon us and the dozens of candidates which began in the process have finally been whittled down to two senators. First there is John McCain, a Republican and someone I’ve heard referred to as a moderate, middle of the roader, left of center, Conservative, and so on. The second is Barack Obama, a Democrat, generally labeled a far left Liberal.
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Lavish Giving From Stolen Loot (Issue 56)
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