On the Shoulders We Stand On

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When I was a young man, from 15 to college graduate at 22, I generally kept my mouth shut in the company of my elders. Much of it was just good manners, which, I...

The Hanging of Jake Spoon, a Cautionary Tale for Leftwing School Boards

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I’ve written before about the symbolism of the hanging scene in Larry McMurtry’s “Lonesome Dove”, which first appeared on TV  in 1989. (You'd be the better for having watched it.)   I've written at least three...

Teaching the Lost who Don’t Know they are Lost; Basic Considerations

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Just sit down for a moment and try to get you head around that notion; "People who are Lost, but don't know they are Lost". Consider the popular fairy tale "Three Little Pigs and the...

The Iffiness in Science that makes Everything a Coin Flip

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I have several fits-and-starts in my stack of stuff, all centering around scientific debates not just about how human history is written, but how human achievement is defined, going back long before history could...

The “Nourished by Outrage” Crowd, It’s Time for them to Sort Themselves Out

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You all recognize this young lady... ...in response to what else? Outrage. Sweetie Pie has always been my poster girl for a generational mindset of psychological imbalance gained almost exclusively at home and in schools the parent(s)...