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I can’t believe there’s only 17 more days until Christmas.   2021 just started yesterday, or so it seems. A combination of semi-lockdowns and staying at home more and traveling

By David Hegg  One of the most known statements regarding the use and abuse of power comes from John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, whose lengthy name caused history to remember

We have been subjected to lengthy coverage of the 2021 international meeting on climate change in Glasgow, Scotland. The numerous dignitaries and pontificators made it a super-polluter event, arriving on

A few weeks ago, I read that The Rolling Stones were removing their song “Brown Sugar” from their playlist due to its lyrics.  I had never really known what the

A New Year’s resolution I’m starting early is getting back to being strong. Mind you. Not strong — SMELLING. Just — strong.  A couple months back, a little boy, maybe

When psychologists analyze our mental state, one of the diagnostic tools they can use is the Rorschach Test. It’s a projective psychological exam where a person is shown a series

Consider this a pre-Christmas public service announcement, intended to save you, your family, and your friends from a world of easily avoidable grief.  I was at a park this past

One of the great truisms of history is that whoever has the best words, wins the power.   The movement against slavery was a leaf in the wind, until it

By David Hegg It seems I’ve been collecting bits and pieces of concern over the past year and now is as good a time as any to share them. This

Thanksgiving got me thinking, and I’m gonna be straight up about it: I miss my kids. As I’ve chronicled here before, we’ve got one in the state of Washington, where

As someone who came of age in the 1970s, I remember inflation very well. As a college student taking economics courses, I remember being taught many of the prevailing thoughts

All my life, I’ve been an enigma. Love a raucous party. Crave solitude like air. I cheer classical values, yet, I’m not what you’d call an American traditionalist. Take Gout

As Thanksgiving approaches, I was thinking about what the first Thanksgiving represented. The coming together of two different peoples and cultures in friendship. The putting aside of different customs and

If you partake of any news at all, you know that parents of school-age kids are feeling frustrated and upset. This is influencing election outcomes and making once-sleepy school board

We all know the story of the First Thanksgiving, with pilgrims and American natives sitting down at a long table, filled to the brim with delicious food, all enjoyed in

Human history tells us that self-rule and democracy are relatively novel and temporary forms of government. It is so rare than even democratic government practiced by the ancient Greeks only

By David Hegg On Oct. 3, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln declared a national day of thanksgiving take place on the fourth Thursday in November. In the aftermath of Gettysburg, the

If you’ve read any of my columns you know that, each summer, I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming monarch butterflies to visit my backyard and lay their eggs on

Shame is a devilish word. Its foundation is built upon moral superiority, that the finger-pointer is of higher ethical fiber than the finger-pointee. While a noun, “shame” functions as an

Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s “Country First” campaign slogan seems quaint and old-fashioned – and now, even politically dangerous compared with Republican behaviors today.  Overwhelmingly, no longer is the measure