A year ago we ordered a new car with the idea of selling our used one at a good price to our missionary son to give him transportation when he…
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Russ and Jane Witmer are educators and world travelers. Russ holds a Master of Arts degree in History and has taught history, political science, economics, and world civilizations on the middle school, high school, and college levels. Jane has a Masters of Science in Education with a double major in English and French and a Masters of Arts degree in English. She has taught English, French and composition in high school and college. They have traveled in fourteen European countries and in communist Czechoslovakia, as well as in Israel and Thailand.Many patriotic Americans agree with the idea that we should put America First in our policies, both domestic and foreign. This concept does have much appeal, as we realize that the…
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For those of you who read this blog, you will recall that I made a few predictions about the outcome of the midterm elections held yesterday. I am here to eat…
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The midterm elections are finally here. After months of polls, predictions and promises, we, the People, finally get to give our verdict on the almost 22 months of Democratic control of…
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America’s political pundits are predicting a Republican (Red) wave or tsunami in the midterm election on 8 November. Democrats seem resigned to losing their advantage in the House of Representatives and…
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Whoopi Goldberg wore a “handmaid” red robe on the View’s Halloween show. Most of you are no doubt familiar by now with the Margaret Atwood novel The Handmaid’s Tale, whose red-robbed, white…
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In 1898 H. G. Wells wrote a novel about Martians who came to Earth to attack humans. His War of the Worlds, set in rural England, with the names of localities and allusions…
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In 1818, German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer wrote “Music is the Food of Soul” in which he used a melody as a metaphor for the human life. Though it was not what…
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Many people voted for Biden in 2020 not because they especially wanted him as president, but because they had been so programmed by the media and the Democrat Party to…
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Throughout the four years of President Trump’s term in office, media and Democrats (I repeat myself) pounced on every utterance, snipped every few words out of context that they could,…
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