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The War in Iraq: A raw, personal story about the travails of a soldier.
As most of you may, or may not know, this week marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the War in Iraq. We salute, celebrate, and venerate our veterans in all sort of manners, but we rarely hear, or want to know, the real aspects of what these veterans did, and went through as…
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When Politicians do good things: Being open about mental health challenges
A few weeks ago, newly elected Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania checked himself into Walter Reed Medical Center because of depression. He had struggled with depression on and off most of his adult life, but his depression flared up recently (Full disclosure, I went to the hospital when I was a teenager for anxiety). Fetterman…
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Local Involvement: An update in Killingly CT
Since I last wrote about the effort to establish a Mental Health Center in the Killingly, Connecticut school district, there have been some updates. Unfortunately, the updates do not involve any sort of progress. In late December, the Killingly Board of Education tried to stall an inquiry with the State Board of Education by filing…
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Improving the State of the Union address
I was watching the State of the Union address and observed President Biden parrying with G.O.P representatives as they were heckling and booing him over Biden’s claim that some in the G.O.P were advocated cuts to Social Security and Medicare. I watched that exchange with wry amusement and it made me think of the rowdy…
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Reducing inflammatory opposition
Last week, the Arkansas State Senate passed a bill that would ban Drag Shows near places where there were children. The authors of the bill said that they were getting death threats. My first reaction was “Good”. A minute later, I reconsidered and concluded that while many people (and myself) have the opinion that the…
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Unsung Hero’s on Capitol Hill
This post will be about Capitol Hill. No, not the Speaker Drama, there has been plenty of coverage about that. I am going to write about congressional staffers. In late 2021, an Instagram page called Dear White Staffers started to go viral amongst people who worked on Capitol Hill. Created by an anonymous Capitol Hill Staffer, people…
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My Controversial Opinion.
Hello and welcome to 2023! My first post of the new year is stating my controversial opinion on a controversial topic. The Topic: The Death Penalty. The Opinion: The best option for Executions is the Firing Squad. Although I am a Death Penalty Abolitionist, I think the Firing Squad is the best option if the…
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Goodbye 2022
2022 is coming to a close, and I would like to reflect on what I have done with this blog and what I have planned for next year. First though, I want to talk on an issue that has been on my mind for the past 2 years: the state of American Democracy. After the…
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Zoning Commission follow up
As I wrote at the end of my first post, I had some thoughts on the Zoning Commission meeting I attended and on the Zoning office in general. My blog post was lengthy enough so that I figured I would write a Part 2 of sorts. Here are my thoughts. 1. I discovered how complicated…
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When Politicians do good things: The plight of the Marshall Islands
This is my second post in my series detailing politicians doing good things. This is a story from a couple of years ago, but it is highly relevant with regards to politicians positively helping communities of people. This story is about the plight of the Marshall Islanders. The Marshall Islands are a chain of Islands…
Grodence Paquado 