GUEST POST from Don – TELL ME

TELL ME In talking with others (something I do on purpose about every other day) I find that their interests and mine don’t match. Better, neither of us is wrong, just different. Of course, that means that there are a plethora of ideas and themes which never occur to my brain. I asked my host …
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GUEST POST from Don – Ignoring The Bigger Question

IGNORING THE BIGGER QUESTION Newspapers and magazines often β€œsell” simple ideas.Β Β Those ideas tend to be at the edge of some political point of view.Β Β Three examples follow. EXAMPLE 1 – An article in The Atlantic …“Why Poor American Kids Are So Likely to Become Poor AdultsMost scholarship on the subject focuses on conditions during childhood. But …
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GUEST POST from Don – Faith-Based Sharing vs ACA

FAITH-BASED SHARING vs ACA It is time for political β€œwhat-iffing.”  This is what happens in the media every time someone wins the White House.  It would be funny except its not.  Never has been.  Every other article is about how bad things COULD happen.  Strangely, if you keep track (I have a short list of nothing-burgers from last go-’round), almost …
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GUEST POST from Don: Termites

TERMITES Imagine living your entire life underground, requiring a gut bacteria which can kill you if it gets on your skin, and eating wood for a living. That would make anyone angry.  It would make me angry. Now imagine not having any serious defensive weapons except your bodily gasses and a large headed version of yourself …
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