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A Caricature of a Man

Have you ever had your picture drawn by someone at a fair or other tourist trap?  Rarely do those images, they’re called caricatures, show how you believe you really look.  Instead, the artist focuses on features that define your appearance, and then exaggerates the hell out of them.  For example,

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Pocket Change

The White House recently tweeted that the average family will save 16 cents on their July 4th cookout this year.  Then, and rightfully so, they were mocked. Everybody knows that however Biden’s team calculated the 16 cent savings, they did it incorrectly.  About the only way they could have come

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The Great Miscommunicator

Ronald Reagan was often called “The Great Communicator” because of his ability to educate his audience using eloquent speech and word pictures to make his point.  He used your mind as a canvas, painting it with words to help you visualize what he was saying.  To this day, watching his

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Kids, COVID and Vackseens

Remember last year when we learned that the younger you are, the less likely you are to have a really bad case of COVID-19?  In fact, we learned that if you’re healthy and under 60, there is little risk to you at all from COVID-19.  And the younger you are,

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The Trans Olympics

Back in the late 90’s, Lance Armstrong was accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs.  No one could prove he was cheating but that didn’t seem to matter.  Eventually, his seven titles for winning the Tour de France were stripped.  Lance was punished even though he self-identified as someone NOT taking drugs. 

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Positively Healthy

About 25 years ago, I was at a business dinner.  The person across the table from me mentioned that he had read a study that indicated people tend to live about as long as they think they’re going to.  For example, if someone believes they’re going to live until they’re

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Extra Crispy COVID

Like many people, I’ve chosen not to get a COVID-19 vacksination.  My reasoning is simple.  I’m healthy, so even if I were to contract the disease, I’d most likely be OK. Even though I’m not vacksinated, I don’t wear a mask.  I freely walk wherever I want to go, unconcerned

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