Category Archives: Government

The Playacting Over Masks Really Needed to End

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ed M. for sending in this thought provoking article. by Tom Nichols in The Atlantic The U.S.-government mandate requiring mask wearing on transportation is now dead, and it was killed in the worst way possible. A judge deemed “not … Continue reading →

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A message from the Ukraine Library

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

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Instead of a Wall, a Binational Park To Be Built on Border of Texas & Mexico

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P. – from the Goodnewsletter Only two years ago, the border town of Laredo, Texas, was bracing itself for the construction of the towering steel and concrete border wall that threatened to cut off the city, its … Continue reading →

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Job interview – how’d it go?

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

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Persevere

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

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“Meritless to the point of demagoguery” – The National Review

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Jim deMaine

by Heather Cox Richardson

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The inside story of Putin’s rise to power

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Basil F.

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The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Jim deMaine

From Skyline resident Basil F. “Living in our community many people are asking me about my opinion about the present situation in Ukraine. I have some difficulty to explain my take about the war, all I remember the most is … Continue reading →

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Let’s pray, hope and help

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

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What Wyoming has done to improve the migration pathways

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Jim deMaine
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11-year-old girl tells Biden why she should be nominated to Supreme Court

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Bob P. by DEBRA CASSENS WEISS in the ABA Journal An 11-year-old girl has written to President Joe Biden asking that he nominate her to the U.S. Supreme Court. The girl is Maddi Morgan, who told Biden that … Continue reading →

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O Captain, My Captain

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Walt Whitman wrote “O Captain, My Captain!” as a dedication to Abraham Lincoln, a man he greatly admired Although it seems like it is just a poem about a sea captain who dies at the end of a victorious voyage, … Continue reading →

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Rights and Responsibilities

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sybil-Ann

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Heather Cox Richardson – 1776 in context

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Jim deMaine
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Housing, homelessness, and funding

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

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Hoo, Boy! Commentary from Heather Cox Richardson

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Jim deMaine

On Wednesday, January 19, by a vote of 8 to 1, the Supreme Court refused to block the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from releasing documents produced by the Trump White House to the House Select Committee to Investigate … Continue reading →

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The right to vote, civil rights and Harry S Truman

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Notes from Heather Cox Richardson

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