Tag Archives: politics

Political Wrangling

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Robert Franklin

Readers aware of the power of post headings are forewarned.  For the new initiate, I am going to write about politics and I have a point to press. I am growing increasingly horrified by the conversation in the public square.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Letters and Papers from Prison

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Robert Franklin

I have had this book for a long time.  I have picked it up and put it down more times than I care to admit.  After reading it this past week, I am ashamed that I did not read it years ago. … Continue reading →

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The Iron Imbecile

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=iron+man&iid=8764690″ src=”4/b/2/4/Iron_Man_2_f15c.jpg?adImageId=12859394&imageId=8764690″ width=”380″ height=”301″ /]I took my teenagers out to the movies last night. We all assumed Iron Man may be worth the price of the ticket. We were wrong. While my young ones did not have quite … Continue reading →

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Denied Again

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=no+medical&iid=231593″ src=”0228/4bf1267b-f5cf-4765-a227-ced6ef96ef10.jpg?adImageId=11645047&imageId=231593″ width=”234″ height=”351″ /]I know that the airwaves are full of all sort of opinion about the pending implementation of the heath care legislation (here is the 1,018 page version).  To be perfectly honest I have … Continue reading →

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Unprecedented Opportunities

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Robert Franklin

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=beg&iid=5095143″ src=”2/c/9/9/Young_woman_cupping_c228.jpg?adImageId=11158329&imageId=5095143″ width=”234″ height=”205″ /]Hurricanes, earthquakes, famine, war and the coldest winter in the northern hemisphere in several decades:  it shouldn’t be long and the “end times” folk will once again be hanging from every chandelier, lurking around … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Crowd Culture

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Robert Franklin

Although readers of this blog may never be able to tell, I am an avid reader. I want to let folk know about the really great work out there (in the midst of the piles of junk) but just haven’t … Continue reading →

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