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Lewis Donohew: IRS scandal another tempest in a teapot, yet even sensible folks are swayed
President Obama is angry at the IRS. The Republicans are angry at the IRS and Obama. Someone in middle management is about to get lynched. His boss already has been lynched. Republicans want the person responsible put in jail. And …
Lewis Donohew: Communisim, Facism, Socialism are not the same thing – really
Even now, after enough time has passed for Tea Partiers to have learned better, I still see them at their marches carrying pictures of President Obama wearing a Hitler mustache, indicating he is a fascist, or claiming he is a …
Lewis Donohew: Philosophy – and drinks – were on tap for fun and interesting evening
Went to a meeting of something called “Philosophy on Tap” the other night at a pub called The Pub. Philosophy, it turns out, is rather loosely defined, whereas “on tap” is quite specific. You can drink from a wide menu …
Lewis Donohew: National debt is ticking
like doomsday clock, threatening our future
It hangs over us like a ticking doomsday clock, threatening the future of us all. No, not the sequester. This is about the behemoth that is the national debt, which the sequester is supposed to address. About half of …
Lewis Donohew: In politics, as in many things, there is ‘nothing new under the sun’
Saw a 1944 movie called Wilson on the Turner Classic Movies channel the other night. It was a critically acclaimed Oscar winner in its time, portraying the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, scholar turned politician. He was criticized by Republicans …
Lewis Donohew: Now that I’m ‘officially’ retired, can’t help but ponder what’s next
About six months ago, the last of the research projects I had been working on at UK and around the country was finished and I became fully retired. For the first time in my adult life I did not have …
Lewis Donohew: Still not a convert, but if I ever win a cruise again I won’t turn it down
Belize City: At 9 in the morning, our cruise ship anchors a couple of miles offshore as this former British Honduras city with a tropical monsoon climate disgorges its passengers into tenders for the trip to shore. Tours of …
Lewis Donohew: With another year comes another chance to be happy, enjoy new things
Another year. The world didn’t end, the corporate takeover of the country failed—at least this time—and we’re all a year older. In 2012, Mother Nature also collected a few more tolls from those of us who have been through …
Lewis Donohew: From this vantage point, there’s pretty good reason to be optimistic
The bright orange sky over Lemon Bay is reflected in the water as the sun starts to drop into the Gulf of Mexico. Out beyond Redfish Cove, a lone fisherman is drifting with a line hanging overboard like the central …
Lewis Donohew: Middle class merely won
a battle in what may be long, continuing war
We seemed to be moving headfast into a new Age of Ignorance. Science deniers were everywhere, denying global warming, denying evolution, claiming homosexuality was learned. The rights of women to control their own bodies were under fierce attack. Even …
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