Politics
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Should Everyone Carry a Gun?
A few years ago, I was visiting my 80+ year old grandfather when he decided one of the trees in his back yard needed to come down. For safety’s sake, he decided to cut off some of the larger branches before he actually cut the whole tree down. To do this, he used a pole-saw. What is a pole-saw you ask? It is a chainsaw on a stick. That’s right, a chainsaw on the end of a 6’ (or longer) stick. In no world is this a safe tool for an 80+ year old man to be using. But I knew it would be even less safe for me to…
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I am a Pragmatist
This past Tuesday, my favorite hockey player, and arguably the best goalie to ever play the game, Martin Brodeur, had his number retired by the New Jersey Devils. He is pretty much guaranteed a spot in the NHL Hall of Fame. But even though he is my favorite hockey player, I doubt very much I would actually like Brodeur if I ever met him. The man had an affair with his wife’s sister, while she was living with them because she had come to help his wife with their two young sons. This is not exactly an endearing quality. And yet, if I were picking an all time fantasy hockey…
