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Bad Moon Rising

There’s a line in an old Creedence song that goes like this, “I see the bad moon a-rising.  I see trouble on the way.” I see it too. In three weeks, either President Trump will have won his second term, or Joe Biden will have successfully stolen the election.  In

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An Imperfect Storm

In August of 1992 we were living near Ft. Lauderdale.  On the night of the 24th, hurricane Andrew struck and laid waste to south Florida.  It scoured a large portion of the area right down to the blacktop and the city of Homestead was nearly completely gone.  Supplies were limited

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President Trump’s Mute Point

There’s a term that a lot of people mispronounce.  I don’t think they’re misusing it, because the context is generally correct, but the pronunciation is sometimes wrong.  That term is “moot”.  You’ll hear a lot of people pronounce it “mute”.  As an adjective, the word “moot” means doubtful or irrelevant. 

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The Opposite of Gaslighting

There’s a term that I hadn’t heard much before this year, and then I started hearing it a lot.  That term is “gaslighting”.  I didn’t understand what it meant so I did a little poking around.  The term “gaslighting” comes from a 1938 play (and subsequent film adaptations) titled “Gaslight”. 

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The Grand Delusion

It seems that every issue in the country today is black and white with no room in the middle for compromise.  Here are some examples: All Lives Matter.  Black Lives Matter. The election was stolen.  The election was fair. Biden is losing his mind.  Biden will be an excellent president.

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Blind Faith

Let me see a show of hands…how many of you reading this were at child at one point or another in your life?  Hold them high…good…1,2,3…OK.  That looks like just about everyone. I want you to remember back to a conversation I’m sure we all had with our parents at

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Inconceivable

This year we’ve seen multiple huge things happen this year that, in a typical year, would be the story of the decade.  Looking at the last 12 months, it’s difficult to wrap my head around everything because the enormity of what’s happening is inconceivable. It’s inconceivable that so many people

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