Pivotal Issues That Affect Us All

Author: Citizen R

  • Essay on the Existence of God

    Humankind has argued over the existence of God almost since the dawn of our awareness.  I say “almost” because I think that the early humans were much more willing to believe that one or more higher powers exist.  In their initial ignorance of our world, these humans were easy to impress.  Thunder, lightning, wind, hail,…

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  • Essay on Arabs, Jews, and Palestinians

    A great deal of tension currently exists between the Arabs, the Jews, and the Palestinians.  But this is a relatively recent phenomena, mainly brought on as a result of World War II and the establishment of the state of Israel.  Prior to that, Arabs and Jews generally lived in harmony for centuries, side-by-side, in the…

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  • Improving the Way We Govern

    Our Founding Fathers were brilliant.  They conceived a government of distributed power at the Federal level to ensure that no single entity would hold supreme control over our nation, and balanced the authority of the Federal government against the needs of the individual States.  These concepts were unique at the time and have generally withstood the…

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  • Freedom of the Press

    Having a free press in this nation is as important as being able to breathe air.  It is one of the key pillars of our democracy and absolutely essential for enabling our citizens to make informed decisions so that they can help steer this country according to their will and their moral conscience.   But…

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  • “On any other day, that might seem strange.”

    Larry Hogan, former Governor of Maryland, wrote the following on X Media regarding the upcoming verdict in the felony case against Donald Trump:  “Regardless of the result, I urge all Americans to respect the verdict and the legal process.  At this dangerously divided moment in our history, all leaders – regardless of party – must…

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