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Says Who?

December 1, 2009

I saw thousands of sheep on my recent trip to the Highlands of Scotland. Most were just grazing on the hillsides. A few were being herded, by border collies, men or both. If I had more time I would have stopped and asked them if they really wanted to be herded to the slaughterhouse. They, [...]

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Pay Attention

August 2, 2009

My first thought was to entitle this post, Ships Passing In The Night. That didn’t work out, for technical reasons. The appropriate picture to accompany the post would have appeared to be a black rectangle. It might have been mistaken for the picture of a black cat in an abandoned mine. Or, possibly, a picture [...]

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It’s Time

July 30, 2009

It’s been more than two weeks. Both e-mail and telephone contacts have failed to elicit any response. So far, my offers to debate my congressman during the August recess have gone unanswered. It’s  possible you have heard the term Blue Dog Democrat. This is used to identify a group of congressmen who in the past [...]

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