Posts Tagged ‘Ott Observations’

As I digest many current events, I find myself thinking about the word “reason.” The dictionary defines the word as “a cause, explanation or justification for an action or event,”…

A recent letter writer to this newspaper expressed her fear that a liberal left ideology, started early in the 20th century, has the purposeful intent to destroy our country.  Specifically,…

One of the pillars of traditional Republican conservative thinking is to oppose “big government.” The concern is that government regulation unnecessarily burdens our economy with rules and costs. After the…

Virtually every issue we debate in our country has one common element. There are two different views about if and when government should insert itself into private citizens’ lives. Here…

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…

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,…

 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…

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…

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…

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…