Year: 2011
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Maybe Buddha was Right
It’s been 28 years of life and I think I am closer to what I have been looking for than ever. That constant search for whatever more was outside my window has died down. I find myself looking more within, being more content with what I have rather than what I want. And it is…
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One Nation under Canada
I’ll be the first to admit, I did not watch the U.S. Open. I’m still of the mind that golfers should run after the ball after hitting it, but I digress. What I took away from the 2011 U.S. Open is the same as most people who heard about it second-hand: NBC omitted “Under God”…
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“Free Speech” – You Keep Using that Phrase
Dana Loesch brought Andrew Sullivan’s take on the Wonkette situation to my attention. In his post, Sullivan said: I feel as queasy about this flexing of Palinite muscle as I do about the original, disgusting, asinine story. In some ways, I see a legitimate come-uppance for a tacky site that published a simply inexcusable…
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Do As I Say, Not as I Do
It is always easier to give advice or mandates for others than to actually do it. I am guilty of such and I am sure that many of us are. But, when I do it, it does not hit as hard as, say, when the President does it. President Obama’s energy plan includes encouraging Americans…