Category Archives: National politics

Donald Trump isn’t helping.

From last week’s post:

Decades ago, I conceived The William Tell Show in response to the pain I heard on the airwaves in the world of talk radio. If we can cast aside all theories, opinions, beliefs, ideologies and value judgments, and attend instead merely to What Is, we may be able to begin from a state of agreement.
What Is is indisputable.

Until now, I’ve paid no attention to Trump’s tweets.  It’s clear that I could spend all my time deconstructing them according to the guidelines of Free Speech Handbook.  But this is not my only task in  life.

Two recent ones, however, caught my eye.

He points people directly away from What Is. Continue reading Donald Trump isn’t helping. →

Courage to walk unarmed

A Nation of Cowards

Jeffrey Snyder suggests that carrying a handgun is both a right and a duty of every law-abiding citizen.

This is hard for me to relate to; as, for all practical purposes, no such people exist in my world.

Gun lovers’ slogans include, “When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.” Forget laws; in my world, only outlaws have guns now.

I have no impulse to join them.
Continue reading Courage to walk unarmed →

Obama and race: why Eric Holder’s words stirred such anger

Bookmarks:
The William Tell Show in the news • Body of girl, 3, found buried in Arizona backyard
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Two Men Use Girl As Human Shield — Until Her Father Guns Them Down

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Two Men Use Girl As Human Shield — Until Her Father Guns Them Down •
Less incarceration could lead to less crime • Four Pinocchios for yet another Democrat ‘Mediscare’ ad • Why women love bad boys • Someone’s been sleeping in my bed. • Child immigration crisis • Pray for the honeybees

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Student Stripper Makes $180K a Year and Will Graduate Debt-Free

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Student Stripper Makes $180K a Year & Will Graduate Debt-Free • Talking about race is no black-and-white matter • This Hummus Has Standards, OK? • Mass murder, misogyny and movies • Even the NRA thinks taking assault rifles to Chipotle is dumb • McDonald’s update •

Continue reading Student Stripper Makes $180K a Year and Will Graduate Debt-Free →

Myanmar’s Buddhist bigots, etc.

Bookmarks:
Myanmar’s Buddhist bigots • #BringBackOurGirls • Ancient warrior myths help veterans fight PTSD • Campaign 2014: A fight for power. Then what? • Who’s to blame for air pollution?

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