Collecting My Thoughts

Saturday, October 17, 2015

When we point a finger, three are pointing back at us

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"The family is under attack from internal forces, such as divorce, cohabitation, decline in marriage, promiscuity, abuse and violence, ...
Friday, October 16, 2015

Federal Debt Held by Public Has More Than Doubled Under Obama

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$57,431.65 for each of 117,343,000 households. "Debt held by the public represents federal debt issued by Treasury and held by invest...

Fall color in Ohio

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You don't need to go to Vermont to be a leaf peeper. The fall color this year is marvelous. This is Rose Lake in the Hocking Hills State...

Think about the civility and good manners of despots

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I watched a report of viewer satisfaction with Tuesday's debate, and one thing that impressed them most about the Democrats was civility...
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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Conestoga trip to Canton, Ohio, October 14, 2015

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We had a wonderful time visiting Canton, OH to see the National Memorial for President William McKinley, the Stark County Historical museum,...

It’s hard to be a Kardashian male

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“Lamar Odom took cocaine and as many as 10 sexual-performance supplement pills leading up to his hospitalization in Las Vegas, according to ...

Walking vs. stationary bike

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"Exercise expert Dr. Kenneth Cooper ranks walking and stationary bicycling as two of the six best exercises. He writes that walking is ...

Turmeric and Alzheimer’s research

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http://alzheimer.neurology.ucla.edu/Curcumin.html I was watching someone plug his book “Brain Fog” today and in addition to the usual walk a...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Look what’s in the bag of tricks. More scary treats.

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As of 2010, 68.8% of Federal individual tax receipts including payroll taxes, were paid by the top 20% of taxpayers. And these candidates ...

The state vs. the people

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Hillary Clinton has proven herself—to be just as low and crooked as a male politician

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Take this science quiz

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Whites and Hispanics score better than blacks on general science information, 8.4, 7.1 and 5.9. But why? This is information most of us had ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Will he ever run out of left wing causes?

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About 8 years ago I met the sweetest 11 year old boy.  He was just adorable.  We were taking a class together at Lakeside. He was really too...
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I don’t drink

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nor do I intend to watch the “debate.”  It’s quite predictable. Old, tired, socialist . . . issues.

Humans of New York

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“I hate pot. I hate it even more than hard drugs. I’ve taught high school for 25 years and I hate what marijuana does to my students. It g...

Chocolate, wine, coffee and butter?

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The more the government studies our nutritional needs, the heavier Americans get. I've gone back to butter and whole milk. If the expe...
Monday, October 12, 2015

How to report violent crime

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Academics still blame the higher rate for violent crime on poverty and discrimination.  Not so. “The formula for escaping poverty as an ...

Monday Memories—saying “I used to. . .”

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"Lately I'm saying 'I used to’ a lot," my friend said while we were having coffee to catch up after our trip to Spain.  ...
Sunday, October 11, 2015

Move over Christian prayer, here comes Mindfulness

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The October 6 issue of JAMA explores the promise of mindfulness as medicine. http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2449182 ...

How much data mining would you accept to be safe?

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Mercer was booted from the military and had a suicide attempt. Data mining can stop some crimes--but police still have to do the leg work. ...
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