Category Archives: Politics

Memorial Day 2023

Posted on 05/29/2023 by Jorge Medico

We need Memorial Day, not for the “spectacular sales and savings” nor for opportunity to relax over a three day weekend – we need it to remind us, as Gary Sinise and Joe Montegna do each year, broadcasting their annual … Continue reading →

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How the Government Works

Posted on 05/15/2023 by Jorge Medico

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle ofa desert.Congress said, “Someone may steal from it at night.”So they created a night watchman position and hired a person at$18,000.00 a year for the job. Then … Continue reading →

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Stigma

Posted on 10/17/2022 by Jorge Medico

This work for the Poem of the Week celebrates the current Weltgeist of diversity. As with any idea that stakes out absolute righteousness for itself, the Woke Movement is at risk of falling prey to fanaticism, intolerance, and many of … Continue reading →

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INTERNATIONAL RATIONAL DAY

Posted on 09/05/2022 by Jorge Medico

For all of you celebrating Labor Day, welcome to this Monday’s Poem of the Week. As you are celebrating your day of leisure, I thank my friend Dave for contributing his thought provoking piece. If only we could be so … Continue reading →

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I vote

Posted on 06/06/2022 by Jorge Medico

With Election Day tomorrow, I’m grateful to my friend Dave who wrote the following poem, so appropriate for the occasion. Please do your part – vote with conscience. I Vote I vote to increase my personal wealthFrom out of the … Continue reading →

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What is “Good Enough” to be a Doctor or a Nurse?

Posted on 03/26/2022 by Jorge Medico

What is “Good Enough” to be a Doctor or a Nurse? Most parts of our country are experiencing major shortages in the number of doctors and nurses required to serve the medical needs of the community. This problem has been … Continue reading →

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How The Government Works

Posted on 01/12/2022 by Jorge Medico

After tilting at bureaucratic windmills for the last several days, I came across this old post which was too true to ignore and too accurate to be really funny. See how it fits with your experience of how things are … Continue reading →

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THOUGHTS FOR THOSE WHO TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY

Posted on 10/14/2021 by Jorge Medico

One thing that seems common to both sides of our current divisions is a significant lack of humor. This piece from the Archives is dedicated to you.   Save the whales. Collect the whole set. A day without sunshine is … Continue reading →

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SHAME ON US

Posted on 08/15/2021 by Jorge Medico

SHAME ON US! I am angry, and I’m deeply ashamed. I just turned off the news (which I watch with decreasing frequency, as it seems designed to make me fearful, angry or both) showing scenes of the fall of Kabul, … Continue reading →

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How History Works

Posted on 08/09/2021 by Jorge Medico

Welcome back to the start of another week. Here is a little food for thought from the archives for Monday’s Poem of the Week. Be well, stay safe. how history works they raged against it, that steel abomination, that industrial … Continue reading →

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