Category Archives: Tom’s Tidbits

Tom’s Tidbits- Reality matters most in this time of universal deceit

Posted on April 21, 2022 by tomdwyer

  Tom’s Tidbits Reality matters most in this time of universal deceit When I’m writing these monthly editorials I try to bring something useful to the table by avoiding shallow partisanship and addressing the deeper meanings behind the headlines, the … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Tidbits- Can propaganda possibly be true?

Posted on March 16, 2022 by tomdwyer

Tom’s Tidbits Can propaganda possibly be true? Greetings, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine seems pretty black-and-white.  One of the world’s premiere military powers rolled into a sovereign neighbor to kill civilians until their government surrenders.  Plucky Ukrainians, grandmothers and granddaughters all, … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Tidbits- Can we solve the homeless problem with basketball?

Posted on February 18, 2022 by tomdwyer

        Greetings, The crime-ridden homeless campsites across America are a problem for the people in them and for cities they occupy as well.  People are forced to exist somewhere even without shelter, and while cities can provide … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Tidbits- The person who wants to steal your vote is your enemy. 

Posted on January 23, 2022 by tomdwyer

Greetings, I was three years old when Dr. King stood at the Lincoln Memorial and described his vision for a better society.  Only two lifetimes before, the Civil War was ending with over 600,000 dead and by 1870, the legal … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Tidbits- The other plague we can’t escape

Posted on December 16, 2021 by tomdwyer

Greetings, As I write this, the world is closing out its second year of Covid.  In round numbers there have been about 5,350,000 deaths worldwide with about 800,000 of them hitting here in the US.  In a country of about … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Tidbits- Don’t “Eat the Rich”… Tax The Wealth!

Posted on November 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

          Greetings, “Eat the Rich” is a catchy little phrase gaining traction these days, but it goes back to Jean Jacques Rousseau during the French Reign of Terror- “When the people shall have no more to … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Tidbits-  Is Facebook the future of corporate responsibility?

Posted on September 29, 2021 by tomdwyer

Is Facebook the future of corporate responsibility? Greetings, Do you remember Frances Haugen?  She, and her allegations are already fading away, but she was the insider who gave us evidence Facebook consciously prioritized profit over teen suicide.  In some ways … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Tidbits, Sep 2021- Hold on… are YOU a radical?

Posted on September 8, 2021 by tomdwyer

Greetings, To dismiss criticism or opposition, politicians often casually throw around adjectives like “Radical” and “Extreme”.   They may even be right… no matter the issue, there WILL BE some radical group waving the banner for it.  But the unsaid, inescapable, … Continue reading →

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Whose Buck Is It Anyway?

Posted on August 11, 2021 by tomdwyer

Greetings, As the Afghan government crumbled and bloody catastrophe swept the country, a somber Joe Biden stepped to the podium.  “I am president of the United States of America,” he said, “and the buck stops with me.”  That was a … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Tidbits- Pigs… In… SPAAAAAACE!

Posted on July 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

Greetings, For my 9-year-old best friend Greg and I, the Moon was the center of the Universe in 1969.  We built the models and listened to the news, and our whole school was transfixed by a black-and-white TV in the … Continue reading →

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