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The Glaring Omission Of Talk About Freedom In Political Speeches (Issue 75)

Several weeks ago, I wrote a story about lincoln logs. Last week, while playing with my 3-year-old grandson trying to erect a lincoln log house, I watched him as he tried to fit the logs together. He kept trying to put a flat-sided log into a grooved space and couldn’t make it fit. I decided [...]

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Apologies And Bickering Of Presidential Candidates (Issue 65)

After the flurry of daily news about the contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama subsided, it seems a large percentage of the news bulletins is about remarks made about each candidate, their supporters, advisors, friends and enemies.
 
Quoting from George Orwell’s 1984 “We shall squeeze you empty, then fill you up with ourselves.”
 
Someone makes a [...]

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