The Nashville Metro Council has provided a perfect example of the change that has happened over the years. You probably think you are a citizen of the United States. Wrong. At least in the eyes of these politicians and most of the others around the country at all levels, you are a subject.
Do you have [...]

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Sadly, I am old enough to remember the long ago, halcyon days when people were the only ones with the right of free speech. We reigned supreme, or thought we did.
Just how much is your speech worth these days? It used to be one of our most important rights. It was a part of the [...]

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Some of my friends see this election as an opportunity to do severe damage to the country. They don’t put it exactly that way. They don’t really see it that way but that is the almost certain result of what they wish for.
These people have every expectation that the Republicans will experience significant losses in [...]

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Someone commits suicide while taking 43 people with him in a Middle Eastern market. Another bomber takes the same number of people with him in a group of applicants for the police force. The media ascribes to both the term terrorist. Wrong.
Someone asks why do terrorists attack innocent civilians. The definition of terrorism will explain [...]

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We are fortunate to have so many different tools, even though some of us are fairly inept in applying them correctly. With so many different tools, we would laugh at one who insisted on using a hammer, regardless of the situation. We would, likewise, be amused at someone applying only a screwdriver when other tools [...]

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Having been a politician, the addiction never goes away. The interest remains even though what you see continually sickens. My intensity of interest may account for the fact that matters which go unnoticed by others cause a ‘fingernails on the blackboard’ reaction in me.
It is, therefore, perhaps my sensitivity to the question that makes it [...]

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I hold strongly to my belief that politicians, appointees and employees of the government are public servants and should comport themselves accordingly. We far too frequently see politicians at all levels of government violating the public trust but trying to hold on to their position, their seat.
I hope to develop this as a clearing house [...]

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Sixty-five trips to Japan, fifty-one to Korea, etc., etc., etc. Worked as a foreign correspondent, in military intelligence, with State Department intelligence, etc., etc., etc.  I did most of my graduate work in International Relations.

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