Tag Archives: Government

What’s Wrong With Gary Byrne?

Posted on April 24, 2025 by fredhesser

Gary Byrne is the Indiana state senator from… Byrneville? Really? …Sure. This week, he made moves to remove “Consent” from the Sex Education curriculum of Indiana schools. He has reconsidered this, amid huge and well deserved backlash, but he did … Continue reading →

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Long ago

Posted on April 16, 2018 by fredhesser

Long ago, in the days when there were still fish in the oceans and cars on the roads, there lived a woman who was not afraid of governments destroying us. It had nearly happened, she knew that, but that was … Continue reading →

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Local Politics

Posted on March 12, 2018 by fredhesser

Local politics can be weird. Correction: local politics are like national politics in microcosm. Including all the weirdness. At the end of February, I attended a Public Safety meeting at City Hall in my town about the police buying a … Continue reading →

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Terrorism

Posted on February 12, 2018 by fredhesser

I nearly lost my mother to terrorism. I didn’t, but it was close. I was 7 at the time, and didn’t understand it. It took me years before I really thought about it in terms of “Terrorism.” For a long … Continue reading →

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One Star Soup Kitchen

Posted on October 18, 2017 by fredhesser

I saw a one star review of a soup kitchen. The existence of such a review says so much before I even read the content. I didn’t question why the review existed, because of course it did. It is everything … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Political

Posted on January 30, 2017 by fredhesser

So let’s talk about something terrible. Over the last week or so, I’ve seen a renewed concerned over a possible Muslim registry, especially in light of the ban on entry from some Muslim majority countries. Now this is horrible, and very … Continue reading →

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