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L.S. “Butch” Mazzuca
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Recent Commentaries

Potpourri

When we discuss temperature, we use the words hot or cold and then modify hot with warm and cold with cool and place tepid smack in the middle. But when we discuss attitude, it’s usually in terms of optimism and pessimism.  But few people are optimistic or pessimistic...

Is 3% Really the Solution?

During the last 20 years the climate debate has been dominated by deniers and alarmists.  This is unfortunate because while climate change is real (sorry deniers) it’s also not as severe as those who have turned the subject into a religion would have us believe.  I...

From the Mouths of Babes

Children are the most naturally loving little creatures on earth, and they have a unique way of spreading their love around, which is no small thing these days because let’s face it, sometimes the world can be downright mean. So today I wanted to share a few quotes...

A New Game in Town

There’s a new board game coming out soon, it’s called Monopoly for Socialists.  This iteration of the world’s most famous board game is a bit different from the original Parker Brothers version, and this is how it works.  When the person with the most money,...

The Big Bad Wolf?

Wolves were eradicated from Colorado about 80 years ago, but on November 3rd Colorado voters will have the opportunity to re-evaluate that situation when they vote on Proposition 114, the Gray Wolf Reintroduction Initiative (2020). Opponents of the measure believe...

Flashback

Sometimes it’s difficult to pinpoint the precise beginning of a historical movement or phenomenon because all too often there’s no way to know what or who actually “lit the fuse.”   For example, did the Civil War start when rebels fired on Fort Sumter or did it really...

Abstracted from Ross’ Rant

If you think the reasons for more chaos has ended, wait a few days. Senator Johnson is going to release a major report on Hunter Biden, and it will directly impact Joe.  It will be emails that show extensive corruption by the Biden family, and the emails are from the...

Just Sayin’

Listening to one political party squeal about the other political party pushing forward with a Supreme Court nomination reminds me of Captain Louis Renault in the movie Casablanca, who when he closed down Rick’s Cafe said to Humphrey Bogart,"I’m shocked, shocked to...