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Dreading Tomorrows
Many years ago, when I was dealing with major depression and severe anxiety at its peak, I would go to bed at nights hoping, and praying (yes, praying!), that I would not wake up the next morning. But I would wake up the next morning, disappointed and fearful, of having to confront another day. I…
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Preemptive Pardons
Yes, they do sound somewhat strange or even unreasonable or unjustified, especially when, contrary to common understanding and the legal precedent that acceptance of a pardon is itself admission of guilt, these pardons come with a statement that their issuance is not an acknowledgment of any wrongdoing, nor should their acceptance be misconstrued as an…
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Taxes, Tariffs, and Prices
It’s no secret that the lawmakers and administrations that cozy up to the billionaires and corporations promote reducing or removing the income and corporate taxes and replacing them with increased sales taxes. If one’s goal is to protect the financial interests of the wealthy at the expense of increased taxation on the working class and…
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Power to Exercise One’s Freedom of Speech
I have already written about the First Amendment to the United States’ Constitution, and that, contrary to common understanding or attempts by those who have always wanted to abuse it, it is not just about the freedom of speech, and even the part that is related to the freedom of speech, is not a blanket…
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Munchkin
This is a personal note. It’s not about US politics or the Supreme Court rulings, or my musings about the philosophy of life and existence, or fairness and justice. It’s about a small dog. And it’s my plea, to any superior intelligence or higher power that might be out there, call it a god, or…
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Nobody Stormed the Capitol Today!
Why? Because unfortunately one side lacks petulant sore losers, an abundant supply of which is available on the other side.
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Minimum Qualifications for Holding Public Office
Back then when the former president would refer to his political rivals as “very low-IQ” individuals, implying that he himself has a very high IQ score, I used to fantasize about congress calling the bluff and making a minimum IQ score as a requirement for running for public office. But then I remembered instances like…