Monthly Archives: July 2014

I Was Just Following Orders, Judge

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Jim Wheeler

Immigration is one of the prime issues of our time and has only been made more prominent by the humanitarian crisis of foreign children, many unaccompanied, pouring over our southern border in the last few years. I have been struck … Continue reading →

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Measuring Up, Plan or Plot?

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Jim Wheeler

How does a parent measure a dose of liquid medicine for her child when the label says, give child ¾ teaspoonful by mouth twice a day for 5 days ? This was the real-life example used in a report by … Continue reading →

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(Credit) Card Games

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Jim Wheeler

Seems to me, the bigger companies are, the more they manipulate customers. Financial institutions are arguably the most deft at this. We had been using the same couple of credit cards for several years when I recently spied an ad for a … Continue reading →

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