We like to think that our form of government was designed and built to the desires and intents of the citizens who populated the “several states” existing after the war brought us independence, but the truth is, “the people” had almost no input, little impact on the principles chosen as its foundation, the ideals which [...]
Just the other day, a huge garment factory with some 3000 workers in Bangladesh, got a warning to evacuate because of large cracks forming in the concrete walls and floors. The manager of a local bank with an office there, saw the cracks, and closed the office. The next day, over two thousand were trapped [...]
Last week, a retired Master Sergeant, Iraq and Afghanistan multiple tours in each veteran, was taking his son on a hike as part of his son’s work to earn his “Hiking merit badge” in the desert land in Texas. He took a hand gun and rifle along for safety. Carrying a gun has never seemed [...]
Equal Rights The founding premise to the issue of homosexual marriage and the entire “normalization” of homosexuality is the suggestion homosexuals don’t have equal rights as people, and are by this way discriminated against. If I can leave aside the religious issue for the moment, I’d like to discuss this as even handedly as I [...]
War on Stupidity We have come to a point in our Nation where the genuine, can’t find the top of their heads with both hands stupid people seem to outnumber rational thinkers. Today, I read an op-ed piece where a six year old student was suspended for two days because at snack time, he, in [...]
Sitting on a Fence Just about everyone sees the need to fix our government, as it is not in our control at all at the present. We have a vast assemblage of problems, accumulated over decades of government ruling government, with no concern for “The People, and what our intents are. The problem seems to [...]
Misallocation of Capital (part 2) Capital is the single most critical aspect of “enterprise” in any venue, because it is the sole difference between “tribal living nomadic, hunting gathering life-style” and the “settled, chosen field for agrarian work, chosen for its natural value, and its future prospects”. The first demands acceptance of minimal accumulation, maximum [...]
Growing amaryllis will be the focus of the March 18 “Mondays in the Gardens” series. Sally Menk, a Santa Rosa Master Gardner for 24 years, will lead the presentation beginning at 10 a.m. in the UF shadegarden classroom. Monday in the Gardens is a free gardening program being offered at the UF/IFAS West Florida Research [...]
Misallocation of Capital (part 1) This Nation got a head start on the free allocation of capital while colonies because at our inception, “the capital” was almost entirely “sweat equity”, which is allocated entirely by the laborer, while our “sparse population” meant very little central control of anything at the start. We had at the [...]
The Ninth Amendment When we consider the U.S. constitution, we tend to focus on the personal aspects that directly impact our own lives specifically, and we tend to have a difficult time getting around to gathering to consider the impact of common law, long passed, new law in consideration, and how it impacts the form [...]
Baptist Health Care (BHC) is proud to announce new board members
Belk Donates 10,000 to the Baptist Health Care Foundation
Youth group raising money for camp
Book party celebrating release of, BLOOD AWAKENING
Experienced Internal Medicine Physician, Cheryl Jeffries, M.D., Joins Baptist Medical Group
Greer’s Family Math Night and Food Drive