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A suggestion to Congress | Ott Observations
By now, our newly elected House of Representatives has gotten organized for action. A House Speaker has been elected and committee assignments have been...
Lifestyles
Public-private joint efforts | Ott Observations
I’ve been thinking about President Biden’s proposals to help students with college debt.
I do believe there is a real problem with the costs of...
Lifestyles
Valuing adaptivity | Ott Observations
For the first time in a long time, our newly seated Congress has less than 50 percent of its members coming from the “Baby...
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Learning right from wrong | Ott Observations
Recently, I read an interesting editorial about declining morality in America.
The writer describes a significant drop in moral consciousness in our country and attributes...
Lifestyles
Freedom is hard | Ott Observations
of Missouri had an article describing its Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy.
The B.A. degree it offers is based on an examination of ideas...
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Christmas reflections | Ott Observations
A few days ago, most of us were celebrating the birth of Jesus. It is a time when you can’t help but do some...
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Thank you, Nancy | Ott Observations
Recently, I watched Nancy Pelosi give a speech on the U.S. House floor announcing she was stepping down as Speaker of the House.
It struck...
Lifestyles
What to do about the gays? | Ott Observations
A young man I know of passed away recently. He was 26 years old. He had a manageable health condition but upon passing out...
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A path to reduce abortion | Ott Observations
A friend of mine recently asked me why I was for abortion. I told him I wasn’t. He got a puzzled look and said...
Lifestyles
Noticing progress (and those opposed to it) | Ott Observations
I spent the past few weeks on a vacation, driving to the east coast and back. There were road construction delays on virtually every...
Lifestyles
Negligence and abuse; subtle or not so subtle? | Mark’s Remarks
en we think of abuse, we immediately think of the physical; things we can see.
We hear about and experience stories of abuse. It’s...
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The Jekyll and Hyde voter | Ott Observations
A couple of recent national surveys got me thinking about how disconnected our voting ideology can be from what we really want.
The Pew...
