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Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed over the weekend in a drone strike in a U.S. counterterrorism operation, President Biden announced...
I've been waiting for someone to bring this up. Unless I missed it, nobody has. Here it is. What do you think?
Every time I log in I scroll past Evolution of Language with Our Favorite Dylan Lyrics. Nothing against Nobel winner Bob Dylan, but I always had a...
Here's a thought about the treasured second amendment The critical words: “... the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be...
I'd like to throw out a few of my ideas and observations for discussion about this. First, the idea that this is engineered by the liberals to...
I grew up on a farm/ranch in high altitude southeast Idaho. Because of the altitude the growing season was shorter than it was in other parts of...
I don't expect that anyone missed me this past week, but here I am again. The problem was that my six year old laptop's ability to charge...
During the summers of 1956=57 I was employed by the Challis Salmon National Forest. I spent most of the summers on a mountain in a lookout...
I just finished reading It Can't Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis. It was written in 1935, the setting was 1936-38/39, starting before the 1936...
I'll start in antiquity with the UMBRELLA. First, a little rain really isn't that big a deal. I like to wear a hat. No problem. If it's a lot of...
I cringe and grit my teeth when I read '...that begs the question...' in an article in a newspaper written by a journalist. A journalist of all...
A WEE BIT OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY with a point at the end In November 1083 I had the opportunity to join other German teachers and professors to...
As of December 2019, when I finished my last class at the local two-year college, I had been a teacher for 52 years. Now, a bit more than a year...
The purpose of this thread is to answer sort of a silly question. It has to do with our news media, both TV and newspapers. But before I get to...
BOOKS Here comes something very sentimental and not very logical: MY BOOKS. Quick history: I grew up on a farm in a very remote area. Dad...
I couldn't find a place elsewhere, so here it is. AMBULANCE CHASERS I like to watch the 6PM local news, followed by the national, on one of...
Wife and I are still carnivorous, although we eat considerable less animal protein than we did when we were younger, which might be a factor in...
Movies played a significant part of my youth. My earliest recollections of “going to the show” was possibly when I was as young as 6 or 7 Our...
My favorite topic. Has President Trump changed our language? I like to watch 1930s movies to note how much the language, both word usage and...
Since I do most of my reading and all of my writing, as well as readings from different parts of the world, there's lots of stuff that I'd like to...