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OK, I admit it. \u00a0I got suckered in by that warm weather. \u00a0Now I miss it. \u00a0So, sue me. \u00a0Even so, I still prefer the usual seasonal transition, but if you’re gonna make a change at least stick with it for the duration.<\/p>\n
Interesting art day today. \u00a0College modern history class this morning going through art developments from 1880-1930. I’m ready and looking forward to it. \u00a0Then, at 11:15, I meet Ode in the Sports Show, walk through it with him and afterward have lunch. \u00a0The Great Scanning Project from 1:00 or so until 3:00 or so.<\/p>\n
Saw the Supreme Court may strike down the Health Care Law. \u00a0If they do, probably in the interest of limiting the power of government. \u00a0Our polity demands a tension between the liberty and freedom of the individual and notions of fairness and equity in the nation at large.<\/p>\n
A strong, stubborn part of me recognizes liberty and freedom as essential to a good, full life. \u00a0Another, also dominant, part reacts viscerally to a society that tips the scales against the poor. \u00a0That puts a thumb on the balance. \u00a0Discrimination, out right bigotry has broad, systemic power. \u00a0And that hurts me when I see it.<\/p>\n
Our country, this rich country, does not need to withhold from its citizens. \u00a0We can share while maintaining our wide zone of individual liberty. \u00a0I know we can. \u00a0Look at how much we shared as a nation to turn back Hitler and Japan. \u00a0Look at the dramatic, substantive changes since the Civil Rights Act. \u00a0We’re better as a whole than the limited vision of a few.<\/p>\n
No matter where you stand in terms of faith the West’s great religions insist on equitable and just treatment of the poor, of women and children. \u00a0Surely we can agree on that, at least.<\/p>\n
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