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About jharrin4

Former mass communication/speech instructor at College of DuPage and Triton College in suburban Chicago. Army veteran of the Viet Nam era. Member of the Green Party USA

Opportunity Knocks

Help wanted. Experience preferred but will train; election monitors, local, statewide and national. Rebuplican Party of the United States. Especially in need of the following: Rustlers, cut throats, bounty hunters, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, idiots, morons, scumbags, racists, … Continue reading

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Digesting the News

Familiar with the adage No news is good news? Well, if you are not, now you are. It dates back to 1616 and King James I. He said No news is better than evil news. Running a country or two … Continue reading

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Ah, Humanity!

81 years ago today the human propensity for violence as a means of settling disagreements reached a new low. History is full of factual recountings of how bloodshed is a virtual birthright for our species. Skulls found on digs show … Continue reading

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Locked Waaay Out

Open the pod bay doors please Hal. Open the pod bay doors please Hal. Hello Hal. Do you read me? Hello, Hal. Do you read me? Do you read me Hal? Do your read me Hal? Do you read me? … Continue reading

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Modern Living

While waiting in a short line to get to self-checkout at a grocery store, I noticed an item sitting on top of some product display that clearly was not where it belonged. Perhaps someone thought of buying it but decided … Continue reading

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Long Shot, Milky Way edition

Sugar has been detected in the Milky Way. ICE murders another immigrant. The Milky Way discovery invokes raspberries and sun tan lotions. Bombing has resumed between the US and Iran. Gas prices jump. The Milky Way sugar surprise was detected … Continue reading

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Long Shot

The brilliant astrophysicist Carl Sagan asked NASA, in 1990, to turn Voyager 1’s cameras around to take a picture of Earth from the edge of our solar system. The probe snapped a now iconic photograph of our planet from its … Continue reading

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Theater of the Absurd

June is busting out all over, no matter where you are, today being June 8. “June is busting out all over” is one of the songs from the 1943 musical Oklahoma! 1943 also included the U.S. as an Allied member … Continue reading

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What’s the Word?

What is the word of year, so far? In one word, what is 2026 telling us? Us, being the human race. Since virtually anyone in a developed country over the age of, say ten, has a “window to the world” … Continue reading

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Growing ImPatient

The Patient has gone through some really tough times since its Family was formed 250 years ago. The Patient was initially required by its Family to fight for its ability to attain self-rule, starting on July 4, 1776. By 1790, … Continue reading

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