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Lebron James plays basketball for a living, He entered the NBA right out of high school. His teams have won multiple championships which has helped Lebron become a billionaire. Amazingly, he has about 50 million twitter followers, so you could consider him highly influential. Lebron has not spoken out against the genocide going on inContinue reading “LeBron James”

Tiger Woods is a professional golfer, perhaps the greatest of all time. I am a fan! For many years he was absolutely dominant on the PGA tour and across the world. TV viewership, revenues, prize money and tournament attendance rose significantly when Tiger was playing. Tiger was great for the game of golf. Tiger alsoContinue reading “Tiger Woods”

In 1973, Billy Joel released a song titled “The Piano Man”. The song was a huge hit. The lyrics told the story of a piano player in a local bar that customers came to listen to. The piano player drew a crowd and the owner of the bar knew it. The lyrics included: “It’s aContinue reading ““The Piano Man” by Billy Joel”

According to recent studies, the top 50 cities in the world that have the most polluted air are all in Asia. Those cities are heavily populated. Very crowded. And those cities contribute to poor air quality and climate change worldwide. Poor air is linked to climate change. Most environmentalists agree on that fact. Environmentalists alsoContinue reading “Population and Climate Change”

I believe some of the most despicable and difficult people to work with are those people that are highly arrogant and stupid. AOC is exactly that. AOC is 31 years old. Upon graduation from college she became a social activist, and waitress. Her father was an architect. She attend Boston University which costs $70,000 perContinue reading “Alexandria Ocasio Cortez-AOC”

Recently in NC, many political groups have asked the state and local governments to release crime statistics and other data. Those groups are specially focused on police data, like deaths while in jail, shootings by police, etc. I support the release of crime and police data. Let’s be transparent. I suggest reporting the data eachContinue reading “Crime Data”

I grew up in rural Virginia, one of 6 children. My father worked in a factory on rotating shifts. He never went to college. At age 24 he joined the Eighth Airforce and flew 38 missions as a bomber pilot during WWII. My mother stayed home and raised us until my younger sisters were inContinue reading “White Privilege is Hard to Swallow”

A few days ago, our local paper “The Daily Fishwrap” ran a front page article about black students being suspended from school. The “investigative journalist” used data from the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, a non-profit located in Durham. According to their recent study, black students are disproportionately disciplined and even suspended from school. accordingContinue reading “Discipline in our Schools”

It is painful to watch Joe Biden. Over the weekend Biden fell 3 times while going up a flight of stairs. It was sad to watch. He is 78 years old and no one would want to see an elderly man fall. I hope he did not hurt himself. Along with these recent falls, heContinue reading “Joe Biden (aka Hollow Man)”

Updated March 22, 2022 The word merit means being worthy and talented enough to deserve praise and reward. That word has been used in the US for well over 100+ years. Yet today, many of our national leaders on the left would like to eliminate merit as a criterion for selection, reward, advancement and praise.Continue reading “Merit”