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• Look to the Middle II

  By gusmanning on March 24, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Looking for the Political Middle in 2024 Most people would agree that today’s news media are polarized, leaning either toward extreme progressive or extreme conservative positions. It seems pretty believable that financially-vulnerable, online media operators might seek clicks at the… Read More ›

• Darwin in Trouble

  By gusmanning on January 29, 2023 • ( 0 )

  While Darwin’s theories have been widely accepted during our lifetime, they sparked a controversy when they arrived in 1859, and continued to be hotly debated through 1950. Outside scientific circles (e.g. in the media), the debate usually centered on the… Read More ›

• please … Don’t Burn This Country!

  By gusmanning on November 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  In the schools of this country, And in other lands, too Some ideas have been growing Outside the public view. The country they describe Sounds like the worst place to be. Not the home of the brave, Nor the land… Read More ›

• Is the USA a Great Country? Yes.

  By gusmanning on September 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Let’s start by ignoring statements made by the polarized left-wing and right-wing media about whether America is great or non-great. To seriously consider whether the USA is a great country, we should employ the methods of the most serious and… Read More ›

• Doby’s Hug Better Than Jackie’s

  By gusmanning on August 27, 2022 • ( 0 )

  [BACKGROUND NOTE: This is a letter I wrote to the Wall St Journal discussing an article published in WSJ. The 20 Aug 2022 WSJ article followed a similar 13 Aug story by ESPN. Each author expressed skepticism about a famous… Read More ›

• Free Speech (a story)

  By gusmanning on July 23, 2022 • ( 0 )

  After a life in business, here I was walking back into a classroom, with a old leather briefcase, clad in tan corduroy pants, penny loafers, and a sweater.   I had passed on the tweed jacket in my closet.  At last,… Read More ›

• A Review of the “Woke” Movement

  By gusmanning on July 23, 2022 • ( 0 )

  If you search for “woke” on your digital device, you will learn that it refers to the state of mind of someone who has awakened (“woke up”) to social injustices in our current world.  A woke individual, once awakened, may… Read More ›

• Baseball on the Radio (1944-2022)

  By gusmanning on April 24, 2022 • ( 0 )

  It is late in the day.  From my porch, I can see the sun moving toward the horizon.  I am thinking I have spent a lot of time on this planet, more time than most who still have their wits…. Read More ›

• My Presidential Candidate Speech

  By gusmanning on February 10, 2022 • ( 0 )

  ( © C.R. “Gus” Manning 2022 ) My fellow Americans.  As a candidate for public office, I want to share my views on what I believe are the important issues confronting our nation. This talk will reflect my desire to… Read More ›

• 10 Things I Learned from … You Know Who

  By gusmanning on January 10, 2022 • ( 0 )

  10 Things I Learned from You Know Who Bad initial book reviews, being ignored by the media, and having a bad personality would seem likely to kill a writing career.  Yet, Ayn Rand’s fiction books have sold more in each… Read More ›