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Hope For The Dead At Easter

That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves. — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) When American colonists were oppressed by governance from Britain, the word most frequently uttered in pamphlets and editorials and sermons was not “safety” or “taxes”; it was “freedom.” Yet, two intolerable acts of Parliament so assaulted personal freedom that they broke the bonds with the mother country irreparably. The first was the Stamp Act of 1765, which required colonists to have government ...

50,000 Will Die — Give Or Take A Few Million

Let us call it The Finger-Pointers’ Dilemma. The toll of the virus has been less than what we were promised. The WuFlu (G’wan, call me racist.) medical experts assured us the sky was definitely falling this time. Maybe 2 million of us would croak. These experts convinced themselves of this. They convinced our public health officials. They convinced Big Media. All of them teamed up to convince our leaders. And so, our leaders shut down our economy. They turfed over 17 million Americans from their jobs. And we are still counting. Upward. They cut the legs from under hundreds of ...

What Options Are There For Monitoring Safety?

Question: What options are out to help monitor my parents safety as I don’t get to see them as much due to COVID-19? Answer: COVID-19 and the contact precautions we are using to prevent its spread has changed the way many of us behave each day, including taking care of loved ones. One suggestion I have and I think may be very useful now is called a PERS, a Personal Emergency Response System. A PERS is a wearable device that you can press to access emergency help. This device is usually on a necklace or wristband, or watchband. There are many different companies that offer this ...

The Grand Farce Of Social Distancing

This week in Colorado, our statewide stay-at-home order was extended until April 26. Gov. Jared Polis urged everyone to wear a mask of any kind while outdoors. Local groceries are limiting customers to one every 120 square feet of the store. For the first time, my neighborhood playground on Tuesday was wrapped in bright yellow “CAUTION” tape. And in Brighton, Co., a father was handcuffed in an empty park by three police officers for playing T-ball with his 6-year-old daughter and wife. We are not a serious country. America’s “social distancing” campaign has gone both too far ...

Massive Spending Bills Are Not Stimulus

Your representatives in Washington have decided to spend an extra 2.2 trillion dollars of your money. Since many millions of people are pretty much forced to stay home and businesses shuttered, some portion of it actually makes sense. If you are going to take people’s money, at least provide them with sustenance during this difficult time. That is something that can be done in a very short time without much extra bureaucracy. Every state has an unemployment insurance system in place already, and unemployment is a stopgap measure to get families through a difficult time after being ...

Passion For The Gridiron Part II

Last week, the VFTB presented an idea that a local NFL team fan club threw around their meeting room, almost like tossing spaghetti at a wall to see if it would stick. It was an idea about having a dinner which would include two former players, and one current player, from the Cleveland Browns, Dave Graf, George Lilja and Jamestown native, Stephen Carlson. At last look Graf and Lilja had accepted the invitation and the group was waiting to hear from Stephen. Part II Stephen couldn’t commit right away, as he needed to make sure the date didn’t conflict with his team or workout ...