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The following article by Henry Racette was originally posted on the Member Feed of Ricochet.com (behind a paywall-please join if you appreciate this excellent writing). As usual, he says everything I want to say, better than I can say it. Please be sure to "like" this post, and all comments are welcome. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. Trump: Speaking …
Continue reading He said it better than I can: Guest Author Henry Racette, on President Trump
Finally, I'm getting around to doing the last big post from our trip to South Dakota in September. The last time we were in Montana, in 2017, the sky was filled with smoke from multiple wildfires, and all our plans to explore Glacier Park with our Ricochet friends had to be cancelled. Both ends of …
RushBabe49 is not Catholic, or even Christian. However, that does not prevent me from admiring a very important clergyman, who, due to the viewpoint expressed in the letter below, is on the outs with his Church. This letter is very important, and needs to be posted on every WordPress Blog. Please feel free to copy …
Continue reading The Good Archbishop Vigano Nails It-Letter on US Election
I am copying this article found on the KOMO Seattle Web Site, so I can comment on each part. Comments will be in Green. The title of the story is "72% of Washingtonians say they wear a mask as coronavirus cases surge across the state". According to the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics …
Continue reading Mask-wearing Redux: The Sheep Look Up (to their masters in government)
It's right here, in a Wall Street Journal headline from November 9 (sorry, no link as it is behind a paywall). Harris Breaks Barrier, Makes History You see, this shows how leftists see the "historic" "election" of Kamala Harris as "vice-president-elect" (which she is actually not, until the Electoral College rules in December). Leftists, one …
Continue reading The difference between Leftists and Conservatives-in one headline
Our people get together to support our candidate: Massive lines form ahead of Trump rally in North Carolina Vs Their people get together to support their candidate: Biden holds his biggest rally yet. What their people have wrought in society: Vs what our people have wrought in society. St. Joseph Polish Catholic Church, Camden, NJ …
On our South Dakota trip, we spent a pleasant afternoon at the Mammoth Site, near the town of Hot Springs. For some reason, we thought that there were probably few people at the Hot Springs that day. Here's why. That's what WeatherBug told me. We were very pleasantly surprised to find that the site of …
In my graduate studies in Psychology, one unit we studied was "interpersonal attractiveness". The professors at my university had done numerous studies of what makes a person attractive. They asked thousands of study subjects to rate photographs of various people, male and female, young and old. There are many dimensions to attractiveness, and different people …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Challenge #116: Symmetry. It’s hard-wired.
Today, we feature another of our Ricochet writers, Henry Racette. Please enjoy and respond to his post on filling the new Supreme Court vacancy brought about by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday. About That Vacancy Now that the coronavirus crisis is essentially over but for the continuing economic disaster being wrought …
I am always inspired by the monumental, and not-so-monumental, works of human ingenuity. Whenever I see a bridge, or a mountain road, or a tall building, it reminds me of how people, down through the ages, have altered their environment by building things to make their lives easier, or to commemorate occasions or people. Structures …
