Monthly Archives: September 2011

Tell it to Lincoln

Sep 28

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    There are calls in the news these days from worried politicians wringing their hands over gridlock in congress. The crisis of the hour concerns money; one faction wants to keep spending it as though there is no tomorrow; the other insists that tomorrow was yesterday and the spending must stop. Both sides are intractable, nothing gets […]

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What Did They Fear?

Sep 13

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    “Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion” Constitution of the United States of America; 1st amendment   1787    Human beings act out of fear when they write laws; fear of loss, fear of injury, fear of harm, real or imagined, to the individual or the community. If you want to understand […]

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Of Splinters and Wounds pt 2

Sep 8

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                   Summer of 1984      I’m the general contractor on a large remodel and addition to a home in the rich part of Dallas. I’m driving on Harry Hines Blvd. looking for a hardware wholesaler. This is the same street Parkland Hospital sits on, where JFK was pronounced dead in 1963. Five miles or so […]

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Of Splinters and Wounds-part 1

Sep 6

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  I have a knot on the outside edge of my right hand, below the little finger. It’s been there for years. If you run your finger along the edge of the hand you can feel the bump, like a BB under the skin. If you press hard it hurts. I don’t remember how it got there, but I […]

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