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Ott Observations

Public-private joint efforts | Ott Observations

By Bill Ott | February 28, 2023

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 attending college, which limits who…

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Valuing adaptivity | Ott Observations

By Bill Ott | February 14, 2023

For the first time in a long time, our newly seated Congress has less than 50 percent of its members coming from the “Baby Boom” generation. Despite being a Boomer,…

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Learning right from wrong | Ott Observations

By Bill Ott | January 31, 2023

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 it to an all-time low…

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Freedom is hard | Ott Observations

By Republic-Times | January 17, 2023

 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 and events central to an…

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Christmas reflections | Ott Observations

By Bill Ott | January 3, 2023

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 faith reflection.  There is so much…

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Thank you, Nancy | Ott Observations

By Bill Ott | December 21, 2022

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 me that I was watching…

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What to do about the gays? | Ott Observations

By Bill Ott | December 6, 2022

A young man I know of passed away recently. He was 26 years old. He had a manageable health condition but upon passing out alone in his home, he fatally…

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A path to reduce abortion | Ott Observations

By Bill Ott | November 21, 2022

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 that was what I said in…

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Noticing progress (and those opposed to it) | Ott Observations

By Bill Ott | November 8, 2022

I spent the past few weeks on a vacation, driving to the east coast and back.  There were road construction delays on virtually every highway I traveled.   Rather than…

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Negligence and abuse; subtle or not so subtle? | Mark’s Remarks

By Mark Tullis | November 1, 2022

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 all around us. In this…

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The Jekyll and Hyde voter | Ott Observations

By Bill Ott | October 25, 2022

A couple of recent national surveys got me thinking about how disconnected our voting ideology can be from what we really want.   The Pew Research Center found that only…

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Why we have sports in schools | Ott Observation

By Bill Ott | October 11, 2022

gh school girls volleyball coach. The lawsuit claims the coach subjected the team to demoralizing and degrading activities.  I’m not unfamiliar with the behaviors and practices of volleyball coaches, having…

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