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JEANS: casual pants made from denim

February 21, 2012

I’m of  the generation that remembers when jeans were called dungarees.  In those days the word implied that the coarse, denim pants were designed for, and purchased for, something called “work.”   Because they were relatively inexpensive and easily cared for, they could be worn to muck out horse stalls, dig ditches, tame a horse, mow [...]

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THE ZED FACTOR: the last, final word

January 10, 2012

The term The Zed Factor is my own construction.  I’m using it as a way of describing that which The Penultimate Word is not.   This is not the final word, the definitive, the ultimate answer to a question.   To the contrary, it is an answer, an opinion, some thoughts on a topic. Zed is another [...]

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SENIOR MOMENT: when an otherwise-familiar word or name escapes you

November 11, 2011

Appropriately designated as a characteristic of aging, senior moment is a term that enters into one’s life more and more as the years pile up.  You don’t have to be elderly to have a brain freeze moment; it can happen to anyone.  But it sure seems to be more and more frequent as the hair [...]

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MORMONS: are they Christians?

October 8, 2011

It was only a matter of time before the issue of Mitt Romney’s religious beliefs came up again.  In the last presidential election cycle it became a major stumbling block to his candidacy and may have been the deciding factor in his loss to John McCain in the primaries.   Many conservative Christians found his being [...]

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LEGITIMATE CANDIDATE: one who has credentials which lead to eligibility for elective office

May 20, 2011

The picture changes so quickly that I was hesitant to post one.   Over the past couple of weeks the names of Republicans who are “in” as candidates for the Presidential election in 2012 have moved on stage and then off stage so quickly that it’s hard to keep up with them.  As commentators have been [...]

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POLITICAL DENIAL: rejecting a previous action to gain voter support

May 13, 2011

There is an onerous practice among professional politicians which I call political denial.  It takes place when a politician running for office denies a legislative success, speech, or other public action which characterized (his) previous political life, but which is currently embarrassing.  It represents a “flip flop” in principles and is employed primarily to gain [...]

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