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Tearing down Robert E. Lee’s statue is a disgrace

Wed, 10/27/2021 - 12:00am

Robert E. Lee is to this day the only person to pass through the U.S. Military Academy at West Point without a single demerit. In the Mexican War, General Winfield Scott called him “the greatest soldier I’ve ever seen.” As an Army Engineer, he re-routed the Mississippi River and saved the city of St Louis. When he inherited slaves from his father-in-law, he educated them and set them free, and he referred to slavery as “a political and moral evil.”

Working for a Living

Wed, 10/27/2021 - 12:00am

Although my most recent CT Scan shows that my tumor has disappeared, I still make the rounds in terms of doctor visits (and will be receiving chemo for some time yet). On those doctor visits everyone wears masks, and I notice I sometimes have difficulty understanding what the masked health professional is saying. That got me to thinking about what the effect of masks is on the deaf. For some reason nobody ever seems to talk about that.

Early voting begins on eight proposed amendments

Wed, 10/20/2021 - 12:00am

If history is an indicator, Texas voters will likely go to the polls on Nov. 2 in underwhelming numbers to decide the fate of eight proposed amendments to the state’s constitution. With no statewide races on the ballot, and a scattering of local elections for city council and school board, turnout typically is low. Nevertheless, early voting is now underway and continues until Oct. 29.

What's Wrong? Prices up

Wed, 10/20/2021 - 12:00am

Several months ago I noticed that container ships were stacking up in the harbor outside of Los Angeles. The administration did nothing about it then. Now, however, less than two months before Christmas, President Joe Biden has decreed that the union will work 24 hours a day to unload the 60 ships that are waiting there (plus the additional number that will arrive next week). He has no idea, however, where workers will put the contents of those thousands of containers, since the warehouse space is over 99 percent full already. Nor has he come up with a plan that will give truckers what they need to haul away the booty. It looks like some soldiers will have to take a crash course in truck driving in order to get a few toys into stores before Christmas. Some retailers have already leased ships in an attempt to bypass the bottleneck.

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