Does America love guns more than it loves its children?

November 6, 2025
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Does America love guns more than it loves its children? It sure appears so. Let’s stop pretending otherwise. America’s obsession with guns isn’t just embarrassing—it’s deadly. And the bodies piling up aren’t just adults in crime-ridden neighborhoods or people in the “wrong...
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More thoughts from a cop – Part 3 of our conversation

July 18, 2020
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Yes, more thoughts from a cop. My conversation with my police officer friend is still going on, but this is the last installment of this particular interview. If you...
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Candid talk with a cop – Part 2

July 17, 2020
If you didn’t see yesterday’s talk with a cop, Part 1, start there. If you did, here’s the rest of the story. Why would I talk to a cop? Because, as he...
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A candid conversation with a cop: Part 1

July 16, 2020
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We might think we know what it's like to be a cop, but we really have no idea. The only reason I know how little I/we know,  is that I count several cops among my...
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The nitty-gritty on the back-to-school debate

July 13, 2020
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What if kids don't go back to school? What if parents don't want to take the risk that their kids will get sick or even carry Covid back to them or other family...
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It’s got to be a wakeup call

July 10, 2020
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It's always so bizarre and really, a wake-up call, to talk about Trump with people who get their view of our world through Fox. Or, as those who understand what news...
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He was once Prince Charming

July 6, 2020
So many great discussions in isolation-- big chunks of time freed up space to consider things we haven't thought of or talked about in a very long time. Sometimes, that...
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If you want to avoid needless anxiety, don’t watch br...

June 29, 2020
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Avoid broadcast news as much as possible.  Difficult advice to give for someone who studied journalism, but nonetheless, it could be the best advice I ever gave....
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Why some feel more hope than ever on this Juneteenth

June 19, 2020
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It’s Juneteenth: "Freedom Day" or "Emancipation Day" --the day that Texas, the most remote of states, freed all slaves. So it’s only fitting that today, in the...
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The night I was hit by a bolt of spiritual lightning

June 15, 2020
Big sky is calming and the rainbow coming out of the cloud looks like a bolt of spiritual lightning. We need calm and a bolt of spiritual lightning about now. I...
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Discovering the hidden (or not so hidden) ways the pandemic...

June 8, 2020
How have you been handling lockdown? For those who have lost loved ones, it is a time of deep grief.  Many people are anxious over being forced to stay at home....
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