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… seemed on the superficial level to offer continuity, it was actually an ideological reversal, back to the Liberal wing of the Republican Party. Though he lambasted his opponent Michael Dukakis, tarring him with the “Liberal” label, which Reaganism had turned into a dirty word, Bush himself was every bit a Progressive. His admitted trouble with “the vision thing” prevented him from continuing with Reagan’s unfinished work: shrinking government, e…
… White House and has entrenched itself deep in the fabric of our society. With the utmost respect to George Carlin, here are seven words that are no longer “Politically Correct” “Merry Christmas” has been replaced with “Happy Holidays” “Christmas Tree” is out “Holiday Tree” in Close the book on “Nursery Rhymes” it’s now “Children’s Stories”. Has anyone told Mother Goose? Here’s a good one: “Founders” instead of “Founding Fathers”. I guess they th…
The holiday of Thanksgiving is one of my favorites. Not just for the food, though that does play a large part in it; or the crisp nip in the air this time of year brings. No for me it’s the gathering of family and friends; the sharing of fond memories and the catching up on new ones. Of all the holidays we celebrate Thanksgiving is by far the most family oriented. Most of you know the story of how this holiday began. In 1621 Pilgrims and Ind…
… him my friend. Thank you to all Veterans for your service. So with all this, I think I will have to take all of the doctor’s advice and take it easy. Pace myself. We are going to take a little vacation for the Thanksgiving holiday and go visit our family in New York so I won’t have a posting next week. I hope each of you get to spend some quality time with your families and have a very Happy Thanksgiving. See you after the holiday! &nb…
…piritual health.” So starting in the early 1980s, Father Chase would travel to Los Angeles “Skid Row” and began to give out a large quantity of mostly dollar bills totaling about $3,000 each week. Most were $1 but during the holidays Father Chase would also give out $5 and $100 dollar bills. People would line up for blocks waiting for his arrival. In an interview Father Chase said, “I’m happy to be here. I come down here because Jes…
…those few and rare limitations. In the past few years, many department stores such as Target have decided that the use of the word Christmas should not be permitted in their stores. The new corporate policy is that it is the Holiday Season and these are Holiday sales. My brother wrote an article in this column a few weeks ago dealing with this very issue. I agree with my brother’s concerns. However, it has just come to my attention that Starwoo…
I know I promised not to do this but in a way this is keeping with the holiday spirit….sort of. It deals with reflection, something that is an important thing to do every so often. I, like a fair amount of you, grew up in the late fifties and sixties. From our perspective at that age it seemed like a simpler more easy going time. We never really knew about the stress and anxiety our parents were going through, we were happy playing with our fri…
…g drafted by Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert that would do just that. Representative Gohmert is suggesting that the remaining funds from the 700 billion dollar bailout be cancelled and instead, every American should get a tax holiday for January and February of 2009. The plan would suspend both income and FICA taxes on every wage earner for two months. It would not be a regressive benefit because the people hurt the most by FICA (social security …
… of these circumstances, the use of the word hero is trivialized. A deeper problem is that ides of myth, legend and story hold a society’s culture together. The concept of the hero is central to these. By misapplying the hero label and refraining from using it when needed takes our culture in the wrong direction. I hope we can recover the sense of propriety about who we call a hero and what they did to be considered brave before it’s too late. A …
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