I have long been brought up to a belief that tolerance is a virtue, not a vice or a vise. Evidently, not all people have this same belief. The irony of the situation is, of course, that if I truly believe in tolerance, then I must also be tolerant of the intolerant. I must admit […]
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Third party
I can agree understand why this Springfield Newspaper opinion piece suggests we need to bring in a third party to negotiate with Ameren, but I disagree with much of what was written. We can’t leave aside that Ameren is a multi-billion dollar agency that put profits ahead of safety. It is not a Mom and Pop organization, […]
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Tis the season
I thought that now would be a good time to recommend two legal weblogs associated with consumer law, credit, and bankruptcy: Consumer Law & Policy Blog Credit Slips We focus so much on DRM and copyright in weblogs that we forget that consumer law probably has far more impact on us, and far less public […]
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Free will and religion
The Columbia Missourian has a thoughtful article on how the different religions in Missouri view Amendment 2. It’s timely, for me at least, because I needed to be reminded that religion does not automatically kill brain cells. The St. Louis Post Post-Dispatch has an excellent article on the economic impact of not passing Amendment 2. Not only are we […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My cable connection started working without problems yesterday, just in time for me to attempt to connect using DSL later today. I’ve also been attempting to take photos of the bald eagles wintering in our area, but have run into interesting complications, which I’ll write about later. In the meantime, […]