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Daily observations of TRVTH in the real world.
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Happy Thanksgiving
For the first time in several years we were able to get the whole family together today for Thanksgiving.  I was joined by all 5 daughters w...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Say Thank You To Someone
I would encourage all people, especially with this beautiful feast that we have in the United States, which unites all people, people of dif...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Empty Cup
It would be erroneous to consider the empty space in a drinking cup in opposition to the water that eventually fills it.  While true that th...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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No Lawful Authority
On September 25, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand j...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Queens Men Meet
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time ...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Non-Intention
Think about a dam holding back a reservoir of water.  Were we to punch a hole in the dam, the water would gush out that hole.  The water wou...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Doubt All
Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself. -- André Gide (1869 - 1951), French author,...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Sought For And Attended To
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. -- Abigail Adams (1744-1818), wife of J...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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The Parent
Ignorance is the parent of fear. -- Herman Melville (1819 - 1891), American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet, Moby-Dick; or,...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Contrary To Everything
In 1985, President Ronald Reagan appointed me as a federal judge.  I was 38 years old.  At the time, I looked forward to serving for the res...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Shipwrecked
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. -- Albert Einstein (1879 ...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Stop Making Cents
The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more than 230 years...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Brexit Impact Update
This paper examines the impact of the UK's decision to leave the European Union (Brexit) in 2016.  Using almost a decade of data since the r...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Immortal Truth
Lower a bucket into a well of self-deception, and what comes up must be immortal truth, mustn't it? --  Charles Reade (1814 - 1884), English...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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One Never Notices
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. -- Marie Curie (1867 - 1934), Polish-born scientist, first w...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Continual Accretion
Congress, as a practical matter, can't get this power back once it's handed it over to the president.  It's a one-way ratchet toward the gra...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Web Crawler Meta
For the last 10 days I've been observing somewhat odd web traffic at trvth.org.  First I noticed that traffic was significantly higher than ...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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A Price To Be Paid
All life is based on the fact that anything worth getting is hard to get.  There is a price to be paid for anything.  Scholarship can only b...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Refusing To Accept
It is only by refusing to accept the situation that in the end we can change the situation. -- William Barclay (1907 - 1978), Scottish autho...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Happy Halloween!
Tonight I had 106 Trick or Treaters come to my house for Halloween.  I started the evening with 102 full-size candy bars, with plenty of bac...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Generally Wrong
Majorities are generally wrong, if only in their reasons for being right. -- George Edward Bateman Saintsbury (1845 - 1933), prolific and po...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Absolute Conviction
All political movements are like this -- we are in the right, everyone else is in the wrong.  The people on our own side who disagree with u...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Armed Men
Armed men don’t sit down and talk. -- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929 - 2018), American writer, recipient of the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus Awa...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Facebook Privacy
Facebook Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation Settlement Administrator has sent you $36.12 USD. Note from Facebook Consumer Privacy User...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Yi Dan
A hearty congratulations to my Taekwondo student, David, on achieving the rank of Second Degree Black Belt (Yi Dan) this past Saturday, Octo...
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October 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM