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Dec 18, 2022

One Night in Newark Liberty International Airport

Background: I need wheelchair service, because I cannot walk very far without agony. On December 17, 2022, I was flying from Portland, Oregon, to Wilmington, North Carolina, changing planes in Newark, New Jersey. My flights were on United, but Alaska Airlines subcontracted the first flight. So my first flight was…

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One Night in Newark Liberty International Airport
One Night in Newark Liberty International Airport

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Dec 12, 2022

“The Boy Walked up the Hill to the Well”

Just thinking about writing is enough to make my wife start to cry and pull her hair out, and I have spoken with numerous persons who say they find it hard to write. These are intelligent persons with a great deal to say, so I find their reactions fascinating. I…

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Nov 5, 2022

Personal Security

A quick reading of the U. S. Constitution shows that it is all about individual rights. Therefore, I oppose all restrictions on abortion as unConstitutional in the absence of a Constitutional amendment. Absent an amendment, society has no business regulating abortion in any way. Do you want an abortion at…

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Aug 7, 2022

The Tendency Toward Totalitarianism

Something I have experienced countless times, to the point that I feel no doubt whatsoever in making this statement, is that most human beings not only cannot tolerate disagreement, they expect others to behave subserviently, to go along with everything they say if not agree. Disagreement may be kept to…

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Aug 5, 2022

The Separation of Church and State

“This only I say, that, whencesoever their authority be sprung, since it is ecclesiastical, it ought to be confined within the bounds of the Church, nor can it in any manner be extended to civil affairs, because the Church itself is a thing absolutely separate and distinct from the commonwealth.” …

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Aug 1, 2022

Help Me End This Story!

Separation II “What’s that building over there?” I asked when I was first brought to the Institute for the Treatment of Criminal Violence. It seemed separate from the rest of the complex somehow, smaller, sadder. “Oh, that,” the driver of the prison vehicle said. “You’ll never go there.” His not…

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Jun 4, 2022

America Held Hostage (by Gun Nuts)

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” America has a problem. To hear some tell it, that problem is with the mental health of people, usually young men. To hear…

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May 26, 2022

Peace

John put his lunch box on the rack under his chair, took his pistol out of its holster, lay it on his desk, and got his school supplies out of his backpack. The girl in the desk to his left, the girl named Meredith whom John had never liked, looked…

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May 25, 2022

Shooting Day

[I released this in The Time Before (2018), my fourth collection of short works. I was not planning to put it out on the Internet, but after yesterday, I am.] // Shooting Day The Nacirema held a highly advanced civilization thousands of years ago, and our scientists are still studying its extensive…

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May 17, 2022

The Threat of Theocracy

The whole point of America is to be free to live as one wishes while possessing “no natural right in opposition to [one’s] social duties” (Jefferson). The separation of church and state is one of the guarantors of this freedom. …

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