Posted by Brad Osborne on December 29, 2022 · 6 Comments
Oh, how fragile,
A house of glass,
From sea to shining sea…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 26, 2022 · 14 Comments
Oh, how fragile,
A house of glass,
From sea to shining sea…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 22, 2021 · 20 Comments
For what you say, will fade away,
And what is left, is just what’s done…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 3, 2021 · 24 Comments
They call it “the People’s House”,
But only politicians call it home…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 30, 2021 · 10 Comments
Oh, how fragile,
A house of glass,
From sea to shining sea…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 21, 2020 · 23 Comments
You speak from your throne,
A perfect and practiced tone…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 4, 2019 · 19 Comments
How do we pick our friends? Are they haphazard connections brought about by fate or kismet?
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 4, 2019 · 1 Comment
I know this is a rare earth kind of find. The leader we need for the world we live in today.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 17, 2012 · 3 Comments
We seem to have many swing states in the midst of great debate over the requirement for photo IDs in order to vote. It seems to mirror our important American tenet of democracy stating, “one person, one vote”. Any other view on the number of votes an individual can cast would completely undermine a government … Continue reading →
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 15, 2012 · 2 Comments
As campaign rhetoric flies rampantly from both camps, we will consistently be hearing the term “middle class”. I could spend time lamenting the fact that we live in a “classed” society, but historically there has always been a socio-economic division in any society. I am sure, even at the dawn of man, there was some … Continue reading →
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