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I discovered Propero’s Bookstore in 2002 and met Will Leathem.  Tom Wayne came along later. It is a pleasant old time neighborhood about two miles southwest from 3300 Karnes Blvd at West 39th Street and Bell. See Propero’s photos: My favorite place is the second floor. We will probably have an event in this downhome…

When you talk to a DT voter, you are entering a fact-free and ethics-free zone. I have the idea that half would stop a bullet for him.  He and the One Percent have performed the biggest con job in history.  Three men have as much wealth as 160 million Americans. The news media and the Democratic Party…

With the DT presidency, the Los Angeles fires and Gaza, it is easy to get depressed.  Nicolas Kristof in the Saturday New York Times commentary looks at the long haul and says that this is the best time to be alive. See these excerpts and then see the entire article. For most of history, about half of newborns…

Mary Townsend is an atheist who likes going to empty churches. Her commentary in the New York Times describes her feelings. See this excerpt: The poet Philip Larkin wrote in his “Church Going” in 1954 that when he stepped inside a church, he did so with the hope of avoiding anything that might be “going…

An especially pretty sight is the road to La Plata leaving Knox County, Missouri. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0106019,-92.2883016,3a,75y,262.29h,88.61t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjQR_v-8ix59KUxNSdWvkgg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D1.3900000000000006%26panoid%3DjQR_v-8ix59KUxNSdWvkgg%26yaw%3D262.29!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D See this one minute Christmas message from 1977: Merry Christmas, Ed and Silvia Attachments area Preview YouTube video Miller High Life Christmas commercial – 1977 Miller High Life Christmas commercial – 1977

Naltrexone for Alcohol Abuse – Ed O’Rourke Tonight’s PBS Newshour features a report on Naltrexone, a medicine to reduce alcohol intake. PBS News Hour live episode, Dec. 18, 2024 Play it starting at 38:05 and ending at 48:20. Doctors refer patients to treatment programs, AA or NA without mentioning Naltrexone or other medicine. Sincerely, Ed…

DT won the election for many reasons.  The most important factor was inflation which he promised to reduce.  That is hard for anybody.  With the tariffs and massive deportations, the cost for everything will rise. I invite you to see Jamelle Bouie’s  commentary. Trump Has Little Room for Error https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/opinion/trump-grocery-prices-deportation.html   Sincerely,   Ed ReplyReply allForwardYou can’t react with…

Brian Thompson’s murder has provoked few tears.  There are better ways to do things as seen in this commentary. Sincerely, Ed The Hated US Healthcare System Is Why Government Shouldn’t Be Run Like a Business Because the desire of right-wing billionaires not to pay taxes have prevailed ever since Truman first proposed single-payer healthcare, Americans spend…

I approve of President Biden’s pardon. Hunter’s offenses were trivial.  He was an addict when the offenses occurred.  DT and his FBI-designate have promised non-stop revenge. The editors at the National Catholic Reporter advocate clemency for all federal inmates on death row. I gradually turned away the death penalty.  What is all boils down to is that…

We are all disappointed with the election.  I ask everyone to have heart, contribute to political and humanitarian causes. When France fell to the Nazis, Lt. General Charles deGaulle announced on the BBC, ‘’We have lost a battle.  We have not lost the war.’’ Spring, 1942 was the hardest time in the war for the Allies.  The Axis…