During World War II, America did amazing things—not only in defeating the Germans, Japanese and Italians—but also pulling us out of the Great Depression.  So people, in America and elsewhere, began believing in government to solve problems never thought in their purvey before.  That was the start of an unfortunate “progression” to today’s state of…

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“Know thyself” is true, with regard to mind, body and little piece of God.  Of course, we can’t completely know ourselves, but God can and does know us on a level beyond our comprehension.  But we should try and be enlightened to find our calling(s).

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It seems Secretary Clinton will run for President on the Democratic ticket.  Because she doesn’t understand in depth globalization, she is overly militaristic.  We can have peace in the world by being strategically strong, but emphasizing economic cooperation and development as well as have an expansion of the Peace Corp. Our national debt, deficit and…

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I was recently reviewing my personal and business budgets for this year, and was reminded of how strongly I believe in financial literacy.  It goes along with so many other ways in which we should always strive for improvement. Financial literacy is a basic skill that we must develop.  It’s part of self-discipline.  A critical…

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I’m at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.  I have viewed some of the museum and then experienced the “Beyond All Boundaries” presentation as well as the “Final Mission” submarine adventure.     All in all, I am very impressed with the additions and the superb quality of the whole museum.  I recommend it…

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The world has never been in a state of debt and obligations that it’s in right now.  Our nation, and perhaps the whole world, needs self-discipline.  Values—such as thrift, saving, financial literacy, honesty, wisdom, resilience, character, kindness, compassion, justice, and peace—are all part of the fabric of what could help the world emerge from our…

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