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When I was a freshman in high school I was introduced to Etch-a-Sketch. Etch A Sketch is a mechanical drawing toy invented by French inventor André Cassagnes and subsequently manufactured by the Ohio Art Company. (a description from the always truthful “Wikipedia”) It was introduced in 1960. I have to say up front it is [...]
Next to Holy Week leading up to Easter, this (Fat Tuesday) is one of my favorite days of the year. I love pancakes. It’s as simple as that. In other parts of the world the day is known as Carnival or Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday the days of celebration and excess leading up to [...]
I was looking at Mitt’s tax return and it occurred to me that there really are two tax codes in this country, one for wage earners and one for investors and they are not equal. Not only is the wage earner tax liability high and is far higher than Mitt’s 13.9% on income, we wage [...]
It’s recall time! In Wisconsin, the head of the state Democratic Party said that the petitions collected so far weigh more than 3,000 pounds — a ton-and-a-half. The party also said the if the petitions were laid end to end, they would stretch from Camp Randall Stadium, the Madison home of the Wisconsin Badgers, all [...]
When the corporate Supreme Court made it’s onerous and democracy-ending ruling on Citizen’s United, the whole election process went out of the hands of regular “citizens” and into the deep deep pockets of corporations and super pacs. Not that I am a fan of Newt Gingrich, I am not, but in the last few days [...]
Today is December 20,2011, the last week of Advent before Christmas. Some of the readings today come from Luke again: “And observe, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.” (Lu 1:36) The angel was telling Mary about the [...]
Today is December 13,2011 –And one of the readings for today comes from the Prophet Zephaniah. “On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be [...]
Today is December 6, 2011-The readings of today include a passage from Matthew: “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?” (Matthew 18:12) Oh golly, the [...]
