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skipper wrote a new post, It is Time 6 years, 4 months ago
Subtle changes cannot be ignored. For example, some of my family and friends think I’m crazy; some mollycoddle me; my associates in life consider me eccentric. The sensual Adonis that was here a little while ago h […]
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skipper wrote a new post, An Extremely Important Interview Everyone Must Watch 6 years, 4 months ago
If ever a reader should, indeed must follow a link recommended by the mariner, this is the one.
Do not fail to listen to this interview between Brian Willliams and Edward Snowden.
Go to […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Update on the Democratic Hoard 6 years, 4 months ago
One of the hoard (Elizabeth Warren) caught mariner’s attention when she announced an overhaul of the money issue in Washington:
“The goal of these measures is straightforward: To take power away from the wea […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Planet One 6 years, 4 months ago
Neil deGrasse Tyson classified a unified world where everyone was content with society and all its iterations as “Planet One”. There would be no desire for war or one-upmanship of any kind; as Elvis said, the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, How Herding Cats has Changed 6 years, 4 months ago
This is the last in a series focused on herding cats (AKA managing democracy). As the last one hundred years have passed, socialization has dwindled. The district concept of local government was a natural fit to a […]
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skipper wrote a new post, How to Herd Cats 6 years, 4 months ago
In lieu of civics not being taught in public school systems, and in light of the immeasurable importance of a presidential election at this point of social and political change, mariner will remind readers of the […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Herding Cats 6 years, 4 months ago
That’s what it is like for voters trying to manage the activities of government. Three examples follow that on an ordinary day would not be part of the news and would not be a conscious issue of any i […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Care and Feeding of a Democracy 6 years, 4 months ago
I ask the help of readers to distribute this open letter to education bureaucrats at every level from the Federal Cabinet Secretary to each District Superintendent.
Dear Educationist:
We live in a democracy. […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The Resistance 6 years, 5 months ago
Mariner receives correspondence from a number of readers. It is obvious that mariner is not an instrument of change, entertainment perhaps, even a puzzle; but not an instrument of change. Readers, indeed all […]
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skipper commented on the post, Did You Catch This? 6 years, 5 months ago
Thanks for a thorough, well documented and reasoned reply. In principle, mariner agrees with the socioeconomic arguments you present. Mariner’s position on gun ownership is to be pragmatic about the reality. As an example, it is not an issue if one owns a cheetah – providing control is maintained so as to not invite biting and eating the dog.
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skipper wrote a new post, Big Brother has learned to walk – Don’t let him run 6 years, 5 months ago
[NPR] Google and its YouTube subsidiary will pay $170 million to settle allegations that YouTube collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent, the Federal Trade Commission said […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Did You Catch This? 6 years, 5 months ago
[Newsy] An appeals court ruled on Friday that survivors and family members of people killed in a mass shooting in South Carolina are allowed to sue the federal government for negligence.
In June 2015, a white […]
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Thanks for a thorough, well documented and reasoned reply. In principle, mariner agrees with the socioeconomic arguments you present. Mariner’s position on gun ownership is to be pragmatic about the reality. As an example, it is not an issue if one owns a cheetah – providing control is maintained so as to not invite biting and eating the dog.
The issue of defending the nation with any privately owned weaponry has lost some substance as Russia is doing a good job of attacking the US without bullets.
Your continuous search for deeper truths is to be admired.Ancient Mariner (skipper)
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skipper wrote a new post, Of God and Country 6 years, 5 months ago
It seems that an individual selects one’s God and one’s candidate in similar fashion. In these modern religious times, scriptures are less a source for describing god; most believers settle for a God that is ver […]
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skipper wrote a new post, News of the Moment 6 years, 5 months ago
֎ Did the reader see Apple’s new ad selling an Apple credit card that “doesn’t need a bank”? Cryptocurrency is here to stay.
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skipper wrote a new post, About Labor Unions 6 years, 5 months ago
Labor unions have been on the decline for several decades. Conservative politicians, businesses and lawsuits limiting union financing are the primary causes. Even more specific, the Internet and advancing […]
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skipper wrote a new post, College, Economy and Jobs 6 years, 5 months ago
There are a few folks still alive who remember the small four-year college as a finishing school for social graces and intellectual elitism. Liberal Arts was the major purpose, refining ideals, philosophy and […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The Child Park 6 years, 5 months ago
Teresa Hanafin, a columnist for the Boston Globe, covered a report that talked about the increased anxiety resident in children today. The report believes it’s because of a fundamental shift in the way we view […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Get Mr. Fixit 6 years, 5 months ago
A few days ago, mariner was reading a piece by Clare Malone who writes for fivethirtyeight.com. She was trying to describe the subtleties of this modern era of politics. She cited statistics that suggested US […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The Democratic Hoard + 1 6 years, 5 months ago
Mariner suspects many voters, like him, have no affinity toward any of the twenty-some democratic candidates. It is a montage for sure. Trevor Noah (Daily Show) presents a bust shot of all the candidates in a […]
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skipper wrote a new post, On Reading 6 years, 5 months ago
When mariner was just beginning his elementary school years, he began reading the family library. It consisted of about ten or twelve popular novels and a 1939 Book of Knowledge encyclopedia; the encyclopedia […]
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If writing the blog has been ‘fun and even invigorating at times’ then I hope the ancient mariner will come back to it. It has been fun and even invigorating to read at times, and who will stimulate the conversation without that inimitable voice? Who will speak for Chicken Little, Amos and Guru? Who will speak for the oldies? Or speak truth to power? Please don’t give up now–‘now is the needed time’ to quote an old Negro spiritual. The perspective of age is never going to be in sync with the youthful culture of the moment, but it is a needed (and interesting) perspective. Please don’t abandon the ship, or the dock–or your readers wherever they are. We are a motley crew, to be sure, but we have been loyal readers and look forward to future posts.
I thought this post was going to be about the impeachment proceedings. I hope you don’t hang up the cleats, but if you do please know that I’ve really appreciated your insight and the wisdom you’ve shared through this blog.