For me, finding peaceful places always seems to include water. Maybe it's because I grew up surrounded by bodies of water in the Seattle area. Wherever we travel, we like to check out local lakes and rivers. And when we are on a cruise ship, my favorite activity is sitting out on our stateroom balcony, …
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Until this week, I had never been to Palm Springs, California. My parents used to go there every winter for a few years, but that wasn't until I was an adult, an I never had a reason to go there before. This week, Hubby and I hopped a plane and went down to a Hillsdale …
This week, there have been some excellent stories on the state of the governments' plans to require everyone to drive electric cars. The state of Washington had already passed their law that prohibits the sale or registration of gasoline-powered cars by 2035 (please note that the year WAS 2030, and now, for some reason, it …
Here is my tribute to America, the Greatest Country ever devised by humanity in all its recorded history. This Independence Day, each and every American should be celebrating the founding of a nation founded on a great idea, that All Men Are Created Equal, by their God, with the Unalienable Rights to Life, Liberty, and …
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Last week's Weekend Edition of the Wall Street Journal had a number of articles that I just could not believe. See if you don't agree that they all add up a big pile of excrement. Starting in the Review section, the cover story was about "The Once and Future Drug War", by James Marson, Julie …
...who tried, in a Twitter post (sorry, I will not link to anything on Twitter), to humiliate Trader Joe's Grocery into changing all their generic/ethnic product names? She did her best to bring down the wrath of the "Twitter Mob" on the grocery chain, who names some of its products after the countries in which …
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The title of the Wall Street Journal article reads: Firms Seek Government Mask Mandate. It seems that some companies are asking their state governments to do what California's Gavin Newsom and Washington's (sleepy) Jay Inslee have done-issue statewide requirements that all persons wear face coverings when outside their homes. The Journal says: Rules vary by …
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This week, we went to Southern California for a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar, the subject of which was Politics and Principles. The venue was a nice Hilton Hotel near the John Wayne Orange County Airport. Over two days, we had a President's Club reception, a nice dinner, with remarks by Dr. Larry Arnn, the …
Continue reading A Trip to Southern California, First of Two Posts
In The News Today: The Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, Patrick Cannon, ARRESTED, then RESIGNS. California State Senator Leland Yee, ARRESTED on various fraud charges. US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, under FBI INVESTIGATION for giving campaign money to his granddaughter. Rhode Island House speaker Gordon Fox, UNDER INVESTIGATION BY FBI, IRS, US Attorney's office. …
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