Category Archives: Politics

Hartwick Professionals, Inc. Joke(s) of the Week – Part 3

Edited to Add: It occurred to me cartoons, even if clipped from the newspaper, are copyrighted material.  Ignorance is no excuse for using them without permission.  I could try and get permission from the authors, but it’s difficult to get … Continue reading

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The Star Trek Universe

Recently I’ve had a small surge in the number of people who subscribe to this blog; they came lured by posts relating to photography.   I did tell the first few new subscribers they should look at the rest of … Continue reading

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Hartwick Professionals, Inc. Joke(s) of the Week – Part 2

Edited to Add: It occurred to me cartoons, even if clipped from the newspaper, are copyrighted material.  Ignorance is no excuse for using them without permission.  I could try and get permission from the authors, but it’s difficult to get … Continue reading

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Debating Gun Control and Religious Belief -Part I

I had not engaged anyone in discussions about topics such as religion and gun control for a long while, but recently I engaged in both. “So, why now?” you ask. Good question. At the face of it such discussions are … Continue reading

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Hartwick Professionals Joke(s) of the Week

Edited to Add: It occurred to me cartoons, even if clipped from the newspaper, are copyrighted material.  Ignorance is no excuse for using them without permission.  I could try and get permission from the authors, but it’s difficult to get … Continue reading

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Pundits: Impeding Discourse

I stopped watching all cable news because I lost all respect for those who report it. For one, they are not reporters.  They are pundits.  The definition of pundit says “a source of opinions; a critic”.  I may be alone … Continue reading

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The Tucson Shooting

As we mull over the small amount of information coming from law enforcement and from various news sources regarding Jared Lee Loughner, identified as the shooter of Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford and many others, we are also inundated with the posturing … Continue reading

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Grope-A-Dope

Were I a terrorist (note to Echelon – it’s a hypothetical question; I’m not a terrorist, really!) I would have enacted a diabolical plan to destroy our spirit, and the ideals we hold dear.  The plan would precipitate economic hardship, … Continue reading

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Odds and Ends

So, I’ve been gone for a bit.  Well, not gone . . . absent.  As usual, life makes demands one is hard-pressed to ignore.  But I have a few minutes, and I figure I would unload thoughts which have been … Continue reading

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