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The summit is about two hours from, six thousand feet above, and thirty degrees cooler than Phoenix. It’s one of our best escapes in the summer. But it has a problem. The summit, at 7800-odd feet, is higher than any … Continue reading
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Which is more important, where your energy comes from or the after-products from its generation and consumption? Directly or indirectly, all our energy ultimately comes from the Sun. It shoots out the photons that energize the vast arrays of solar … Continue reading
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If you don’t want to work, then please don’t. Quit. Sleep in. Relax. Take the welfare check, take the handouts from the government and buy your cheeseburgers, watch your TV and grow fat and ineffectual. Please do. I want you … Continue reading
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Outside our window, the civil defense sirens are sounding. It’s 1:00PM last Thursday afternoon in Seoul, South Korea. We are about 20 miles from the North Korean border. A truce but never peace was declared decades ago. Both sides, perpetually … Continue reading
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If we take all the wealth (cash, property, your old klunker, everything) and divide it up equally to everyone on Earth, what will each person get? You’ll find a couple of answers on the net. Here’s a typical one at … Continue reading
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“Favela” is the Portugeuse word for a slum, a shanty town often made of cobbled together wood and cardboard shelters with dirt walkways and terrible poverty. Long-standing favelas will migrate toward brick and mortar but this simply “hardens” the situation. … Continue reading
Thirteen year old’s boondoggle to Mexico with a dozen friends? Why isn’t this all over the US press? Wrong, wrong, wrong in oh so many ways. Parenting Abuse of power Arrogance Misuse of public funds Using your own family for … Continue reading
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Coming soon to a political party, individual politician, special interest group or news organization near you. And trust the guy who took the picture; it stinks!
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It’s time to revise the first part of my daily To Do list. Several years ago I adopted a three-tiered organization. To Do’s were divided into Must, Should and Could categories. And within each, things were in priority order. I … Continue reading
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… because collectively, we can do more, have better and safer lives, than if each individual tried to do everything on their own. Roads. Schools. All that infrastructure out there. The common defense when we need it. Police. Fire. The … Continue reading