Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of my heroes. Right up there with Abraham Lincoln. Though Dr. King’s birthday is…
The "ground rules":
- A UERT may be political, but I will attempt neutral polarity
- I believe in right vs. wrong far more than I believe in right vs. left
- Truth, reality, and common sense are more important than political ideology
- The well-being of the United States is far more important than any political party
- “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.”
—Mr. Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, 1982
(quoting Charles Dickens)
“As a demonstration of how important the above has been to me, I am saddened to report that, in my lifetime, I have voted for Independents, Republicans, and Democrats. A fair number of each were idiots.”
—Earl L. Trout, III
2019 Medicine In my home town of Blythe, California, way out in the middle of the Mojave desert, those clever…
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Dear Uncle Earl … I drove through Blythe last week and happened to meet your cousin Elmer. Why does he…
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