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Woke: Aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of race and social justice). — Definition courtesy Mirian-Webster Dictionary online. by Lynn Mandaville I’d like…

by Robert M. Traxler The only way to control illegal drugs is to stop or massively curtail demand. Cocaine was made illegal in 1914 in the Harrison Narcotics Act, along…

“The only thing we have to fear is… fear itself!” — President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his inaugural address in March 1933. It long has been my opinion that fear…

by Robert M. Traxler "We’re still putting 162 million tons [of greenhouse gases/carbon] into it every single day and the accumulated amount is now trapping as much extra heat as would…

I lit my purest candle close to my Window, hoping it would catch the eye Of any vagabond who passed it by, And I waited in my fleeting house Before…

by Robert M. Traxler “Everyone in the world blames the United States for this weird Puritan extremism, saying if you don’t agree with me you are trying to murder me,”…

Mady Terry Libery Laker An unusual and obscure milestone was reached during the past 10 days in these parts. For the very first time ever, I believe, all three high…