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D. W. Wilma
Oct 10, 20161 min read
Complete Sentences
In the cacophony that is the presidential campaign I have not seen any discussion how candidate Trump seems unable to formulate complete...
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D. W. Wilma
Dec 30, 20152 min read
Accountability
The continuing and tragedy of questionable police shootings has generated much noise and consumed many hours of cable TV news bandwidth....
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D. W. Wilma
Jul 15, 20151 min read
Monuments
The aftermath of the tragedy in Charleston has triggered a lively and not always civil discussion on the action in South Carolina to...
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D. W. Wilma
Jun 15, 20153 min read
Police Killings…
…or media-speak, “officer-involved shootings.” But these don’t include choking, taser, or blunt force trauma deaths. In any event, deaths...
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D. W. Wilma
May 23, 20141 min read
Bengazi Thing
Congressman Adam Schiff (D., California) has been named by minority leader Pelosi to participate in the most recent inquiry into the...
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D. W. Wilma
Apr 12, 20141 min read
Storm in the Desert
I note with some concern a series of stories about the Nevada rancher locked in a struggle with the U.S. Government over his payments for...
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D. W. Wilma
Mar 1, 20142 min read
Crimea and Czechoslovakia
The crisis in Ukraine over Crimea has launched news producers into warp drive to find analysts, commenters, commentators, talking heads,...
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D. W. Wilma
Mar 1, 20141 min read
Twitter and Crimea
I learned how to follow topics with the use of hashtags. In this case #Crimea will bring up every tweet involving the crisis between...
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D. W. Wilma
Aug 1, 20131 min read
Asylum
Edward Snowden, the fugitive NSA contractor, has been granted “asylum” in Russia. Does anyone grasp the irony of this? Does he think he...
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D. W. Wilma
Jan 12, 20131 min read
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was born 100 years ago. This anniversary probably popped up on “on this day” web sites and journalists paid by the number...
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D. W. Wilma
Jan 9, 20132 min read
Gun Debate
I am disappointed at the noise about the role of guns in the recent tragedies in Connecticut, Colorado, and here in Seattle. I am one...
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D. W. Wilma
Oct 15, 20121 min read
Sixty-four and three-quarters
I applied for Medicare today. One is eligible at age sixty-five, but you apply three months before that momentous birthday. It’s all done...
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D. W. Wilma
Oct 7, 20111 min read
Don’t Settle?
The unfortunate passing of Steve Jobs has highlighted his accomplishments and his vision. But one bit of of his wisdom might require some...
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D. W. Wilma
May 4, 20111 min read
Justice?
The recent demise of Osama Bin Laden has caused many to declare that justice has been done. Even the president says this. Calling the...
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D. W. Wilma
Jan 12, 20112 min read
Silliness Within the Sadness
The recent tragedy in Tucson didn’t bring an end to the silliness that has inspired my posts recently. First the Sheriff of Pima County...
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D. W. Wilma
Jan 6, 20111 min read
PC Huckleberry Finn
The news item about a publisher cleaning up Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn to eliminate references to “the N-word” is both laughable and...
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D. W. Wilma
Dec 23, 201010 min read
Another video lynching
In the aftermath of the tragic death of Oscar Grant at the hands of a Bay Area Rapid Transit policeman on New Year’s 2009, Officer...
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D. W. Wilma
Dec 20, 20101 min read
And now for something political
Today I read of a measure filed in the House to enact a Constitutional amendment called the Repeal Amendment (New York Times, Kate...
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D. W. Wilma
Nov 14, 20102 min read
Deficit cutting
What a boring topic amid a week of news about presidential trips abroad, the GOP taking over the House, and, as always, the pundits...
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D. W. Wilma
Oct 18, 20101 min read
Political Coverage
I may be in a tiny minority, but I just don’t accept what is being reported and analyzed about the outcome of the midterm elections. I...
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