Author Archives: BigBill

About BigBill

Stats: Married male boomer. Hobbies: Hiking, woodworking, reading, philosophy, good conversation.

Republican Party today and yesterday

Posted on August 1, 2018 by BigBill

In my last post I observed that the Republican Party has changed their platform fairly significantly over the past generation or so, and that Reagan would be unlikely to recognize the party today, let along Barry Goldwater, Dwight Eisenhower or … Continue reading →

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Everything changes

Posted on July 29, 2018 by BigBill

Growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, I didn’t pay much attention to politics other than to think “those conversations” were something to avoid. Witnesses are publicly “apolitical,” meaning we didn’t get involved in politics at all, and at least … Continue reading →

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Hypocrisy is becoming the norm

Posted on July 27, 2018 by BigBill

Someone posted a video on YouTube that I have now seen a few times but it continues to carry a strong message. It shows vignettes of Fox News commentators commenting on the same exact situation:  the President’s willingness to meet … Continue reading →

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Failure to communicate

Posted on July 22, 2018 by BigBill

I just finished reading Barry Goldwater’s book “The Conscience of a Conservative” as well as Jeff Flake’s book of the same title. In my last post I included a quote from a speech Eisenhower gave in the early 60’s that … Continue reading →

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Senator Jeff Flake is not running in the next election.

Posted on July 14, 2018 by BigBill

Jeff Flake, the junior Senator from Arizona, has stated that he will not be running for office at the next election. He has been an outspoken critic of Trump for some time, but my interest in him started when I … Continue reading →

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Facebook, Little League and Respect for a Symbol

Posted on July 9, 2018 by BigBill

I saw a FB post today about a Little League coach who was teaching his young charges how to act during the Pledge of Allegiance and the playing of the Star Spangled Banner before games; that they should stand quietly … Continue reading →

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On my own terms

Posted on July 6, 2018 by BigBill

In my last post (on the suicides of Kate Spade, Craig Turner and Anthony Bourdain) I wrote of how tragic it is when someone feels that their life is no longer worth living, or that the world would be a … Continue reading →

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The 10th leading cause of death in the US

Posted on July 4, 2018 by BigBill

Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, both celebrities and on the surface at the top of their personal worlds, took their own lives a few weeks ago, and just yesterday Tina Turner’s oldest son was reported to have taken his own … Continue reading →

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It’s been a while…

Posted on June 20, 2018 by BigBill

It’s been a long time since I posted anything, but I’m feeling like I should get back into blogging. I think part of the reason I took a hiatus is because my posts were too often political, railing against the … Continue reading →

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Morality (yet again!)

Posted on September 19, 2017 by BigBill

I’ve taken a position in previous posts about how I think “morality” should not be used as the basis for laws, and after thinking about this a bit more I think some clarifying might be in order. First, it might … Continue reading →

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