What's on my mind

Tag: politics

  • Enemy at the door

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    Stan Richardson
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    America is running head long into perhaps the most important election in its brief history. Just shy of our two hundredth anniversary, the United States is the longest tenured constitutional republic in history. Similar attempts to establish such governance average around seventeen years. Which begs the question, what makes the United States different? What makes…

  • City on a hill!

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    A City on a Hill By Stan Richardson A city on a hill. That’s the way he saw it. An apt description. This colonial experiment. Many called it a colonial blunder.  If anyone knew imperialism, it was his majesty the king. Charles II systematically wooed trading partners throughout the known world. His influence had blossomed…

  • Renegades like us

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    Stan Richardson
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    Renegades like us! We are quintessential working stiffs. Fifty years in the workforce. Four incredible children. Nine completely awesome grandkids. Forty eight and counting, wonderful years married to the love of my life. Retirement. 401(k), modest though it may be. Social security. A regular “retirement gig” that I love. This is our time. Did you…