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PRESIDENTIAL VOTE SINCE 1900, DAVID’S VERSION

The presidential vote is tricky to gauge. Some of the guys from 1900 on are cloaked in the fog of history. While this isn’t some kind of ‘last word’ on the subject, it is a reflection of the voting mood. Sometimes you just don’t know how things will turn out.

COACHING STAFF FOR THE WORLDWIDE WIN

A coaching staff starts at the top with the head coach. From there it’s a bunch of coaches for the specialties, the offense, defense, special teams, quarterbacks, the works. The smart head coach hires people who are qualified and ready to go. How can they tell who they want?

WANTED MAN? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT

Being a wanted man is a goal if you’re wanted for your attributes, not defects. But as we know, it all comes in the same package. What’s it take to be a wanted man? It’s more than wanting to be wanted, needing to be needed. Is it complicated? Sure it is.

NATIONAL SERVICE TAKES MANY PATHS, INCLUDES COMMON NEEDS

National service means serving the national good. Part of the national good is not making people doing the same work sick. An infectious disease like covid brings out the best and the worst. The worst?

WHY LEGITIMATE POLITICAL DISCOURSE NEEDS SOME SCHOOLING

Since I’m an expert on political discourse I’ll tell you how I became such an expert After reading this, see if the same criteria applies to others who claim expertise in legitimate political discourse. For me, it all started in second grade. Experts, believable experts, need early references.

TRICKLE DOWN JUSTICE STARTS AT THE TOP

Trickle down justice is different than trickle down economics where the rich get richer with tax breaks. In one the results are more visible: People get charged, tried, and sentenced if guilty. We’re not left wondering, ‘Do the 1% really give up their haul so the minimum wage workers in their companies can afford the […]

AMERICAN JOURNEY: ASK FOR DIRECTIONS NOW AND THEN

The American journey was once a clear path: Behave yourself, finish school, get a job. Followed by: meet someone special and start a family. Then teach kids to behave themselves, finish school, and get a job. With all the work done, find a good rocking chair for the porch and relax. It’s been on repeat […]

INSURRECTIONIST BLUES IN THE KEY OF SEE

Why Insurrectionist Blues in the key of see? Because you saw what I saw, what everyone watching saw, including the spectators in the watch-tent at the pre-insurrection rally that delivered marching orders. Have you ever received marching orders? Did you march? If you’re a veteran of any service the answer is yes. The difference is […]