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TAPA 206 OUR SUPREME DECISION
Sometimes an act can be legally correct yet morally or humanely wrong. The two recent Supreme Court decisions affecting immigration may ultimately prove to be Pyrrhic victories, legally sound under the Court’s interpretation of the Constitution, but costly because of their human consequences. History provides a sobering example. In 1857, the Supreme Court, under Chief…
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TAPA 205 THE UNREFLECTING REFLECTING POOL
We held my Father’s Day celebration on Saturday to avoid conflicts with other fathers in the family and accommodate everyone’s schedules. It was a wonderful day. Simply sitting at the table, watching and listening to the children and grandchildren, is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Because I love them all, and because my journey is…
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TAPA # 204 CAR 2419D
The “Surrender of Versailles” signed by Trump yesterday was gobsmacking, both for its content and its historical overtones. The Wall Street Journal and other sites are reporting it as a loss/surrender of the United States, a win for Iran by providing it with financing to rebuild, allowing it to keep the nuclear material, removing the…
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TACO # 203 “WHERE ARE THE FLOWERS”?
Last week, in compliance with a court order that ruled placing Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center was illegal and required it to be removed by Friday, Trump’s people finally complied, after much haranguing. But they complied in a manner perfectly illustrative of Trump’s immature, self-aggrandizing, and often ludicrous behavior: they erected a tarp so…
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TAPA # 202 TRUMPSTITUTION
The origin of the word prostitute is the Latin prostituere, meaning “to put forth publicly” or “to offer something of value for sale in a manner considered degrading or dishonorable.” In ancient Rome, the term evolved to mean offering one’s body, what many regard as sacred, for sale. A person who did so became a prostitute, and the…
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A MOMENT
Today I drove an 82-year-old man with terminal cancer to his infusion treatment. The trip was about 40 minutes. We had never met but quickly struck up a conversation that eventually veered into today’s politics. He was of German descent and deeply ashamed of Trump. His father and grandfather had dealings with Fred Trump and…
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TAPA # 201 ENDANGERED CHILDREN
Attached is Thomas Friedman’s piece, a long read but one well worth reading, especially when you consider his final statement: “Every day we tolerate such behavior we endanger our children’s future”. While a majority of Americans struggle to pay their bills, are going into debt on their credit cards, farmers losing farms and/or crops, service members…
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TELLING IT LIKE IT IS
Rep. Jared Huffman of California tells it like it is. Tried to transfer the video but it seemed to be blocked? So here is the transcript of his speech to the House Committee. I think it is pertinent to today’s continued trail of deception, deceit and grift Trump is traveling down. “and if we’re real,…
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TAPA #200 OCCUM’S TEXAS RAZOR
Texas remains Republican-leaning overall, but Democrats make up a very large minority of the state and dominate several major urban counties including Harris (Houston), Dallas and Travis (Austin), along with increasingly competitive suburban regions. Trump’s endorsement of Paxton for the U.S. Senate was not surprising. Birds of a feather, as they say. Trump is a…
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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY
Happy Memorial Day, 2026. Last week I attended a Memorial Day concert at my grandson’s middle school. The kids did a wonderful job performing the familiar patriotic songs. What disturbed me, however, was the behavior during the national anthem. Many of the parents, mostly Generation X, failed to show the respect the anthem and the…
THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE 