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-Benjamin Franklin
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Thinking of Crazy Makers
Years ago, a therapist named Virginia Satir coined the phrase ‘crazy maker’. “Crazy”-Making | Psychology Today gives a definition of crazy making: “What is a “crazy”-making behavior? It is behavior that is made to sound very logical and practical, but which actually makes no sense and/or serves to give options that only punish the abused. Read more
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Remembering Mercury Morris
I’m not particularly interested in football. In my freshman year at LCHS, Calvin McRae asked me “Why aren’t you out for football? You yellow or something?” I gave my explanation – that I was 13, had no drivers license, and lived 20 miles from the school. He had the power – I got two years Read more
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A Gun With No Serial Number
I’m noticing that the second would-be assassin is being charged with possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. It’s good for another five years in the crowbar hotel – but it brings back a memory of a Mauser pistol I had where someone had filed away the numbers and the Nazi proof stamps. Read more
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Graphs for the Week
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What Would a Stronger Democracy Look Like in Rural America?
by Julia Tilton, The Daily YonderSeptember 13, 2024 In the era of Trump, there have been countless attempts to explain the conservative voting habits of small town America. Many rely upon taken-for-granted notions of rural backwardness, overrepresenting the views of the most extreme. In the Daily Yonder’s recent podcast series, “Backroad Ballots: Rural Politics in Read more
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Driving in on September 11th
I had overslept, and was late for a dental appointment. I’ll talk about the reasons for oversleeping later – it’s a good thing. Going down the hill into Eureka, I saw the firetruck, and remembered Garth Erin Feeney – a man that I never met, but had been with my wife’s niece for a bit Read more
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