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An Imaginative and Respectful Approach to Gun Control

The NRA could play a role in solving our mass murder shooting problem.

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It’s Un-American to Oppose EVERYTHING the President Proposes

It’s Un-American to Oppose EVERYTHING the President Proposes No matter your political party, this is true. I’ve lived over 70 years as a proud American and I can tell you that it is UNPATRIOTIC to oppose everything a US President proposes. Wishing nothing but failure to your leader is the very summit of traitorism. Let me say I…

Politics

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The Two Essential Goals of America’s Schools

The social studies curriculum is both the heart and brain of our hope to sustain and improve our exceptional society. Contemporary neglect of social studies endangers our future. Our founders had it right: reading, writing, and arithmetic (the “three Rs”) are essential but insufficient tools needed to empower people and…

Social Studies

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May 31

Why Is It So Difficult to Report A Problem?

This is an account of my recent encounter with a fake user’s comment. It will be mostly screen shots. First, my mail notified me that someone had commented on my comment about an article that I liked. So I clicked the link to see what was said. Here is the…

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Why Is It So Difficult to Report A Problem?

This is an account of my recent encounter with a fake user’s comment. It will be mostly screen shots.

First, my mail notified me that someone had commented on my comment about an article that I liked. So I clicked the link to see what was said.

Here is the…

May 28

An Imaginative and Respectful Approach to Gun Control

The NRA could play a role in solving our mass murder shooting problem. What would happen if the NRA took on a much more prominent role in promoting gun ownership and safety? Yes, I know the NRA offers gun safety classes and that it promotes gun ownership for family hunting…

Gun Control

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May 28

Gun Crazy Georgia

Just before the close of this year’s Georgia State Legislature session, Governor Brian Kemp signed into law abill allowing adult Georgia residents to carry handguns in public without a license or background check . The vote was 103 Yes 69 No, so Kemp’s Republican colleagues got what the wanted. Often…

Gun Control

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·May 6

Right and Left Socks?

I know that many things created by humans get more complex as they grow and evolve. But socks made specifically for the right or left foot? Really? I know I’m out of touch with modern culture and the sophistication of mass-produced commodities such as men’s low-cut cotton and recycled polyester…

Socks

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·Mar 17

Please Don’t Call Me “Young Man”

I’ve earned my 75-year old status. I’ve lived in Georgia for the better part of my life, working as a College professor training and educating K-12 teachers. My field was social studies, so I’ve had decades of thinking about and teaching the social sciences and humanities. This work has made…

Getting Older

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·Dec 14, 2021

Visiting the Elderly

Everyone can benefit during intergenerational visits. Visiting older family or friends is something that happens in most people’s lives. I vividly remember my first experience, which happened in 1954. My Mom, who hailed from a small-town in Southern Indiana, loaded us four children in our red-and-white Rocket 88, a 1954…

Aging

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Dec 9, 2021

The Best Way to Stop Speeding

TECHNOLOGY AND THE SPEEDING PROBLEM Proposal by John Douglas Hoge 10/26/2021 The Problem: · Speeding on our nation’s highways and roads account for almost 10,000 deaths every year (source NHTSA). · Here in Georgia, the total cost of crash deaths in 2018 was estimated to be 2.1 billion dollars. (CDC.GOV/transportation) …

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