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A lesson from the fourth grade talent show

When I was in 4th grade I had a wonderful teacher. She was young, beautiful, kind and caring. My classmates and I could never pronounce her name and we certainly couldn’t spell it. I think I could pen it correctly now but it was her maiden name and we kids often just referred to her as Miss M. It was early in Miss M’s career when she taught me. It may have even been her first year of teaching. I don’t remember the exact details of her teaching career. I do remember sitting on the carpet in her classroom in Cluster One and listening to her read to us. My classmates and I were ...

America’s too many targets impact our freedoms

Reality has a liberal bias. If we are trying to make decisions based on facts, we need to seek out the truth. Jesus said “the truth will set you free” We know there are more than two sexes. People are born with all kinds of combinations. There are people with both sets of equipment. There are people who are XXY and people who are XYY. They are a tiny minority. By saying they don’t exist President Donald Trump is saying they should be eliminated and by extension all Transgender people must have the same fate. Transgender people have always been with us. There are Roman ...

Why some business plans take longer than others

Many people are caught by surprise when they suddenly see a brand-new business appear to be built and open overnight, or when an existing business is renovated or greatly expanded very quickly. This can lead to a lot of questions from those who have been following news about similar plans of other businesses that seem to take years, or decades, to come to fruition. Whether brand-new to the area or simply a new location, expansion, or renovation of an existing business, there are many reasons some projects move forward more rapidly than others, no matter where they are located. ...

Conservatives, liberals see human nature differently

CHAUTAUQUA—A law professor has articulated a principle infrequently heard from higher-education faculty. Why infrequently? Because many colleges and universities hire few non-liberals. The law professor is George Washington University’s Jonathan Turley, a frequent contributor to ...

War Powers Act is a partisan cudgel

Prior to our undeclared war with Iran, I had heard of the “War Powers Act” but I had never paid any attention to it, likely because every President from Nixon to Trump, both Republican and Democrat has paid no attention to it either. However, the start of the war got Congressional ...

Our northern neighbors say they want me

The first verse of the Canadian national anthem declares how Canadians feel about their country: “Oh Canada! Our proud and native land!” The world’s second-largest country geographically is keenly aware of how underpopulated she is for that size. Canada is not only allowing immigrants ...