Category: From the Editor
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As a Matter of Justice, It Must be Said
By Evelyn Pyburn It all comes down to the conclusion that “we know better.” We know better than the general run-of-the-mill taxpayer rube. That attitude by public officials at every level of government is one with which we have all become far too familiar. Such has been the attitude of many city officials over the…
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The Music of Christmas
by Evelyn Pyburn Given the seasonal cynical comments, of all the ba-humbuggers, I suppose I should be embarrassed to admit that I like Christmas music. But I do. It’s joyful. I have always liked Christmas music, especially when it is wafting through the corridors of a department store or mall. I also enjoy the lights…
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Wealth Producers Sustain Freedom
By Evelyn Pyburn We have a government right now that is trying to destroy America’s ability to create new wealth. That best explains everything that is happening. That shouldn’t be surprising, because that is the only way to destroy the US. It is after all, our amazing ability to produce, and having the freedom to…
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A Thank You to Lawmakers
By Evelyn Pyburn As we watch the crackdown coming once again with children being forced to wear masks and employees of retail stores being required to wear masks, and as we listen to the rising crescendo of media invoking alarm and fear, we should pause a moment and thank our state legislators and the governor…
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How Best to Build-up Other Nations
By Evelyn Pyburn With the fiasco of Afghanistan laid bare for the world to see, there has been a lot of public discussion and editorials and talking heads debating the worth of the US being engaged in “nation building.” One point that was made is that it seems not to work unless the grassroots citizens…
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We are Our Own Super Heroes
By Evelyn Pyburn The real issue about global warming is the conclusion that government has all the answers. Even if it is true (and it could be, it has been in the earth’s past), before we relinquish power over to government we should ask why. Why should we let government dictate how to deal with…
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“Tin Hat” People are Right
By Evelyn Pyburn Remember when some folks were resistant to the installation of “smart meters” that made monitoring electrical usage so easy? Remember their “paranoid” concerns about how smart meters might be eventually adopted to control people’s use of electricity? You know — Big Brother stepping in and declaring that you could only use so…
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An Amazing Market – Garage Sales
By Evelyn Pyburn I must admit that I marvel at the emergence of garage sales in our society. They are a blend of a unique social and culture experience, an economical means of saving and bartering, a manifestation of recycling, a form of entertainment and learning, and they developed as a spontaneous system which has…
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At its Core, the Idea was You!
By Evelyn Pyburn I was pretty young when I first heard the axiom that you cannot legislate morality, which is to say that you cannot force people to believe in something about which they are not intellectually convinced. I have never encountered anything to make me consider that to be untrue.So it makes sense that…
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A Really Terrifying Issue
by Evelyn Pyburn I can still see it as clearly as if it were yesterday. The view from the second floor window of my high school, looking across the sprawling lawn and street, into the gravel parking lot. It was pretty much full of vehicles – mostly rather dusty, very used, older pickups of every…