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Obama on Pot

  Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014      Obama makes his point on pot.                                         Obama smoking pot as a teenager. By now you probably know that the President of the United States of America has declared, “Pot is not more dangerous than alcohol. I smoked pot as a young person up through a big chunk of …

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Rick Warren’s Blind Spot

  Monday, January 20th, 2014      Rick Warren, after the Daniel diet. An interview this past week with mega church pastor Rick Warren in The Wall Street Journal caught my attention.  I have great respect for Pastor Warren regarding his biblical stands and the great work for Christ he’s done worldwide. Few pastors have …

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Don’t Be A Bird Brain

    Friday, January 17th, 2014      Northern bald ibises taking flight in V-formation. A fascinating article in the Science section of USA-TODAY yesterday reported on research into the V-formation of birds in flight. Since I was a kid, like most of you probably, I wondered at the graceful way birds in flight followed …

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Invented Words

  Thursday, January 16th, 2014      William Shakespeare Gloomy, laughable, majestic, radiance, hurry, generous, frugal, critical, courtship, zany, undress, rant. A dozen words you use in conversation and communication all the time. Nouns, verbs and adjectives that fill our speech without a thought. But until the middle of the sixteenth-century, they were unknown and …

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Jewish Cremation?

  Wednesday, January 15th, 2014      Israeli army officers bury Ariel Sharon. This week, the body of Israel’s former prime minister Ariel Sharon was laid to rest in a grave at his family’s ranch near Sderot, Israel. Monday, international leaders paid tribute to the ex-military leader who went on to lead his country through …

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Sue City Sue

  Tuesday, January 14th, 2014      Sue-happy Sirgiorgio Okay, I’m giving away my age. “Sioux City Sue, Sioux City Sue, your hair is red your eyes are blue, I’d swap my horse and dog for you.” Those were the words to a popular country song when I was a kid. I may be the …

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Unintentional Irony

  Monday, January 13th, 2014      Ever make a faux pas? A completely unintentional, awkward act or utterance? A miscue, saying or doing something that didn’t come out quite right? Last week I was in California for a seminar, and I saw the bumper stickers above on the car I was following. At a …

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Smoking Addiction

  Friday, January 10th, 2014      It’s a dirty habit and a deadly habit. And it’s an addiction — legally promoted, government subsidized, and widely advertised. It’s costly. The average price per pack of cigarettes in the U.S. is $6.03, but the health-related costs per pack are $35, according to the American Cancer Society. …

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The Cross of Christ

  Thursday, January 9th, 2014      A lot wrangling has been going on lately at meetings of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. And it’s all about the cross. It’s not the first fight over whether or not the Christian cross would appear on County seals which are displayed on flags, vehicles and …

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