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Same Song, Many Verses: Now the Chorus!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on October 26, 2010 by rlarryeOctober 26, 2010

I think I’ve come full circle. I started this blog several years ago after I was offended with the apparent willingness of the conservative presidential primary candidates to scuttle any reasonable efforts at immigration reform, in exchange for votes.

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Juan Williams: Another Shirley Sherrod?

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on October 21, 2010 by rlarryeOctober 21, 2010

I mean, look, Bill, I’m not a bigot. You know the kind of books I’ve written about the Civil Rights movement in this country. But when I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people … Continue reading →

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Christine O’Donnell’s Self-Imposed Dilemmas

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on October 19, 2010 by rlarryeOctober 19, 2010

Christine O’Donnell has done it again.  In a debate with her Democratic opponent Chris Coons, she is questioning whether the First Amendment to the US Constitution creates a separation between church and state.

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An Attack on Christian Principles?

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on October 7, 2010 by rlarryeOctober 7, 2010

For many years I refused to vote for Democratic candidates.  Partly because I was a “social conservative.”  But more because the Democrats made me feel so unwelcome. As a Christian believer I felt that the Democrats were being dismissive and … Continue reading →

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The Vatican, Pro-Life and Invitro Feritilization

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on October 6, 2010 by rlarryeOctober 6, 2010

On October 4,  Robert Edwards, the pioneer of in vitro fertilization received the Nobel Prize for medicine.  This medically assisted reproductive procedure accounts for over 4 million births in the last 30 years. However, the Vatican criticized the choice of … Continue reading →

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Colbert and Immigration

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on October 4, 2010 by rlarryeOctober 4, 2010

News pundits, especially on the right, pretended not to grasp the meaning of Steven Colbert’s testimony before congress.  Yet all one needs to know in order to understand the intent of Colbert’s testimony is that his approach to politics is … Continue reading →

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President Gives Second Speech to Students.

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on September 17, 2010 by rlarryeSeptember 17, 2010

Most people didn’t even notice when President Obama presented his second annual speech to the nation’s school students.  How different than before, when some of the president’s detractors created a strange hysteria among parents and teachers alike. Among the most … Continue reading →

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Soledad’s Greenroom: What we never got to hear!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on September 15, 2010 by rlarryeSeptember 15, 2010

Earlier I posted about Soledad O’brian’s interview of Imam Rauf. I suggested that Soledad was functioning well below her level and I wondered why she seemed ill-prepared and kept repeating the same questions, not to mention her dismissive attitude. In … Continue reading →

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Soledad and the Imam

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on September 13, 2010 by rlarryeSeptember 13, 2010

I just watched the re-airing of the Soledad O’brien (in for Larry King) interview with  Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf of New York City.  I don’t even know where to start. Perhaps the CNN Belief Blog, where I also left a response.  … Continue reading →

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Guns and Religion?

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on September 9, 2010 by rlarryeSeptember 9, 2010

It was considered to be in poor taste, so the Obama campaign quickly tried to walk it back.  But he had already said it in what he naively thought was a private setting, only to be recorded for later replay. … Continue reading →

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God’s Creative Expression of Giftedness

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 9, 2018 by rlarryeJune 8, 2021

In 8/15/06, in a now inactive blog, I wrote the following reflection: A little piece of something, clearly visible in the ultrasound image. With amazement I peer into my computer monitor until I see it. It’s my first grandchild, nine months … Continue reading →

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The Music of Xenophobia – Same Song, So Many Verses!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on February 9, 2017 by rlarryeFebruary 9, 2017

No doubt, you have experienced that moment of TV or movie suspense when the camera angle leaves the potential victim vulnerable to some unseen threat lingering just off-screen. Yet the music and framing make clear that you should be afraid. … Continue reading →

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Legitimate? Or Just Legal?

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on January 24, 2017 by rlarryeJanuary 24, 2017

Illegitimate means “not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules. Example: “an illegitimate exercise of power.”

Legality and Legitimacy are not always the same thing, Larry explains in this analysis of the Trump campaign and of the first four full days of the Trump presidency.

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Afraid of Trump? Really!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on December 1, 2016 by rlarryeDecember 1, 2016

“A friend and former co-worker recently asked, “Larry, are you really afraid of Donald Trump?

Larry tries to embrace the “Greater We” as he considers the tenor of the Trump Campaign.

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A “Real Republican” and the Party of “No!”

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on December 1, 2016 by rlarryeDecember 1, 2016

This is a “repost” of a blog originally posted in 2010. A registered Republican for over 30 years, Larry (now unaffiliated) still wonders about the future of the GOP.

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The Ghost of Republican Present!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on November 29, 2016 by rlarryeNovember 29, 2016

During the Obama years, Republicans have been haunted by Generic Republican — that nameless, faceless candidate who always out-performs the Democratic candidate with a name and face.

 

Moreover, Generic Republican also out-polled other Republican primary candidates!

 

Larry believes that the concept of Generic Republican has special significance in the last presidential election.

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¿Cómo se dice segura? Some Post-Electoral Reflections

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on November 11, 2016 by rlarryeNovember 11, 2016

The 2016 presidential election results were not only surprising, but seemed to defy logic.

Larry Eppley is a 68 year old white male — raised Republican and an evangelical Christian. 80% of his demographic voted for Donald Trump.

In this post-election reflection, Larry tries to understand the apparent willingness of white Christian evangelicals to ignore obvious signs of racism and xenophobia, with little regard to the destructive impact to our immigrant communities.

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The Ones We Don’t See…

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on July 24, 2014 by rlarryeJuly 24, 2014

The sight of unaccompanied children waiting just inside the border for the border patrol is, to say the least, surreal. We view this wave of migrants, at best, as a humanitarian crisis– and at worst, as an invasion of disease carrying third-world latinos. … Continue reading →

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The Great Anglo-Saxon Homeland…

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on July 4, 2014 by rlarryeJuly 4, 2014

It was with a sense of “historic awareness” that I witnessed the combination of anger and fear present in the faces of those protesting the Hispanic women and children who were seeking refuge in my country.  With USAmerican flags flying, they … Continue reading →

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An Act of Love!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on April 9, 2014 by rlarryeApril 9, 2014

Jeb Bush shook the political landscape in April, 2014 when he drew a distinction between illegal immigration and serious crimes (misdemeanor versus felony). The way I look at this is someone who comes to our country because they couldn’t come … Continue reading →

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