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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Thoughts on Stupid
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance andconscientious stupidity. -Martin Luther King, Jr. Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth. -Gustave Flaubert Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. -George Carlin Only two things are infinite, the Read more
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Are You Above Average?
An article in the National Library of Medicine assures me that 65% of Americans ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6029792/ ) “65% of Americans believe they are above average in intelligence: Results of two nationally representative surveys” Business insider had another sub-headline: “AAA released a study showing that 8 of 10 men think they’re above-average drivers.” As I age, Read more
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Trego School Held Informational Meeting
It was essentially a well organized public board meeting. Casey Fuson facilitated the meeting with a powerpoint and did a wonderful job of providing the public with updates on the New Law HB 203, which will obligate districts to charge tuition for out of district students. The current estimate is that this will require Trego Read more
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Voting with a Single Candidate
Not many years ago, if you were faced with a cluster of unacceptable clowns on your ballot, you could write a name in and cast a protest vote. Hell, I guess you still can – the thing is, your write-in protest vote won’t be counted or reported. With the elimination of subsection 7 last year, Read more
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Spending Other People’s Money
Whether as a public employee or an elected official, I’ve always thought I should be as careful with public funds as I am with my own wallet. That may not translate – heck, I know it doesn’t translate – the same way I mean it to everyone. Davy Crockett may have described the problem in Read more
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Spring Comes with Little Geese
Over the past few years, my sign of Spring has moved from daffodils to goslings. As I write, our first two hatches have moved from the nest to the ponds – and they had to move, because there is an adolescent bald eagle who classifies them as prey. When they’re on the water, the goslings Read more
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