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-Benjamin Franklin
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Why Can’t We Have An Election?
I just got my primary ballot and noticed the extreme lack of candidates. On both ballots there are plenty of positions with one candidate or no candidate at all. If you can only vote for one candidate, is it an election? The following are running unopposed: Michael Cuffe for State Senator Niel A. Duram for Read more
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Lincoln County Facing More Elections by Acclamation
With the primary ballots available (due back by June 7th), it’s become evident that we can expect more candidates elected by acclamation, since 69% of the races are candidates running uncontested. Read more
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Time to Start Watching for Ticks
The weather is warming and the first ticks have been spotted. We’re fairly fortunate in the limited number of tick-borne illnesses common to our area, but they’re still worth watching for, and not just for us. Like humans, dogs can get a variety of tick-born illnesses: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Lyme Disease Canine Bartonellosis Canine Read more
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Thoughts on Bureaucracy
Max Weber developed most of the theory on bureaucracy – he viewed it as a rational method to improve efficiency . . . and in many ways, he was correct. Still, it was Max who described the final evolution of bureaucracy: “It is horrible to think that the world could one day be filled Read more
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Paper from Grass Clippings
It’s actually possible to make paper from a wide variety of things. Humans have been making paper, or things like paper for a very long time -two thousand years or so. Paper originally was made of old rags, not wood pulp. Making paper by hand is perfectly doable, if a bit tedious. The process is Read more
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You Can’t Make Critical Theory Without Marx
Critical theory is a form of sociological theory. It’s not my chosen theory – I’m pretty much a positivist, the kind of guy who likes numbers to support his hypothesis. The basic premise of critical theory is that it isn’t enough to research dispassionately, the researcher must work to change society. “The philosophers have only Read more
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