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Diaries published: 5 (1661 days since last diary on Wed May 22, 2019 at 12:32 PM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: West Point's Class of 2019 is a record-shattering one in terms of race and gender, 33 comments, 96 recommends
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West Point - The United States Military Academy has made considerable progress over the years in changing from an all white male and mostly protestant Corps of Cadets to a much more multi-cultural Corps that better reflects the Nation it serves. West...
by argusx2002
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on Wed May 22, 2019 at 12:32 PM PDT
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I am no fan of the current administration and pretty much all of the hacks that have signed up to be members of the Cabinet. I do, however, believe that there are some there there who are only there due to a profound sense of duty to the nation in...
by argusx2002
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on Mon Nov 13, 2017 at 10:17 AM PST
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Being Gay at West Point.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/06/being-gay-west-point-after-dont-ask-dont-tell
I had to admit that when I saw the title of the article I was prepared for ...
by argusx2002
12 comments
on Thu Jul 02, 2015 at 09:26 AM PDT
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I can somewhat sympathize with the staff at Harvard. I read this article in the NYT and wasn’t sure what to think.
For years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy have advised ...
by argusx2002
12 comments
on Mon Jan 05, 2015 at 12:25 PM PST
with 1 Recommend
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I have never been a fan of the “Three strikes” laws that send people to jail after three convictions of crimes of varying severity. The prisons are already overcrowded and we have too many ...
by argusx2002
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on Mon Dec 22, 2014 at 09:43 AM PST
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- Dear parents who want to put a video camera in my classroom: Your tax dollars pay my salary, so you want to make sure I'm teaching your child properly. That I'm not exposing your child to harmful ideas that clash with your value system. That I'm...281 comments 598 Recs
- Most people dislike hypocrisy when they see it in others, and I will include myself in that category. I don’t like hypocrisy, and therefore I don’t want to be guilty of it. But that’s not always an easy thing to avoid, as I have learned over the years....21 comments 11 Recs
- argusx2002 noted in my prior diary that “We constantly play the registration game and seem to forget that it doesn't matter if they don't actually vote. I have often wondered how many fill out the cards and register just to get people to stop bothering...1 comments 11 Recs
- I must have missed something. I looked at their recent comments and none seemed to be discourteous, or otherwise inappropriate, and cannot recall any such instance. VClib I thought consistently followed the rules and shared courteous, reasoned opinions...946 comments 124 Recs
- I am not, by nature, an early adopter but I married one and that has led me outside my comfort zone more than once over the last 25 (or so) years...most recently with the purchase of a plug-in electric vehicle. Don’t get me wrong, I firmly believe the...238 comments 195 Recs
- Wow, that was fast. It hasn’t been a good couple of days for Cyber Ninjas. Yesterday I reported that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors released a 93-page report that addresses all 76 election fraud claims that Trump, Giuliani, the Arizona GOP,...216 comments 450 Recs
- Fellow GOP House member calls Marjorie Taylor Greene`a Democrat -- or just an idiot' amid COVID spatAmid a spat over federal COVID-19 policy, a fellow GOP House member said Marjorie Taylor Greene is “a Democrat -- or just an idiot.” Let me think about that choice for a second. I’ve locked in my final answer and it’s “idiot.” With the highly infective...73 comments 87 Recs
- Hi’. The foreigner that I am made the mistake of re-suscribing to the New York Times, and doubled-down on that mistake by reading its opinion essays, including how Joe Manchin is a hero by Ben Ritz and how repeating 2010 will avoid another 2010 by...11 comments 5 Recs
- It’s been awhile since I’ve been around here. I hope everyone is doing as well as can be expected in a world that continues to trend down the rabbit hole at a remarkable pace. For most of this recovery, the Federal Reserve described inflation as...177 comments 145 Recs
- The Democratic election loss in Virginia recently was emotionally wrenching for many of us, and despite all the brave-face rationalizing that it was just the continuance of a long historical trend, it’s hard to fathom how we can still be losing...440 comments 330 Recs
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