J. C. Keller

John Christopher (J.C.) Keller was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 16, 1858, and came west in 1882. He conducted the post office and a general store at Hesseltine, northwest of Wilbur and when the railroad built to Davenport, Mr. Keller moved to Almira and opened a mercantile store. In 1897, anticipation of the opening of the Colville Reservation South Half to mineral entry prompted him to buy the cable ferry  across the Columbia to the San Poil, which then became known as the Keller Ferry. He opened a store near there the next year. He later opened a store at Omega or Eureka, now known as Republic. He ran a pack train up the San Poil River and later built a road along the river from the Columbia to Republic. He owned the ferry until Ferry County took over on December 9, 1926, after which he moved to Spokane, where he died April 25, 1929. His daughter, Lula, married my father's cousin, Gordon Poston.

My maternal grandfather, Tom Seaton, conducted the Hesseltine post office and store for a few years after he came west from Missouri in 1889, and moved down to Plum to start his ferry about 1897, also because of the South Half opening.

Pictured: Left: Keller Ferry, early 1900s. Right: J.C. Keller and his wife Amelia, in Spokane. Family photos from J.C. Keller's great-granddaughter, Holly Evans, my paternal second cousin once removed.

[This post is a short article for Them Dam Writers online and the Star newspaper in Grand Coulee.]

In the news, Friday, September 20, 2019

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from Psephizo  (blog)

What was slavery like in the NT world?
In the New Testament, slaves guarded doors (Acts 12.13–14), managed their owners’ wealth (Matt 25.14–30), prepared feasts and more (Luke 15.23). Slaves, freed slaves and slave owners worshipped together in early church communities (1 Cor 7.21–23; 1 Tim 6.1–2; Philemon 15–16). The imagery of slavery described a person’s relationship to sin and to God (John 8.33–36; Rom 6.16–20).

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Thursday, September 19, 2019

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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS,  MIXED  American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.

The Real Reason for Trump Derangement Syndrome
Donald Trump is waging a nonstop, all-encompassing war against progressive culture, in magnitude analogous to what 19th-century Germans once called a Kulturkampf. Trump’s agenda of closing the border, using tariffs to overturn a half-century of Chinese mercantilism, and pulling back from optional overseas military interventions variously offends both Democrats and establishment Republicans.

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from HumanProgress.org

Education Website

Middle Class Shrinking… As Households Become Richer

The middle class, it turns out, is shrinking. But not because they are falling into poverty, as some might have you believe. Rather, it is shrinking because more people are “moving on up,” ascending into a higher income bracket — and living the American dream. Since 2016, the United States has had more wealthy households than middle-class households and the share of low-income households has reached a historic low.

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from The Seattle Times
LEFT-CENTER BIAS,  HIGH,  Newspaper in Seattle, WA

A suburban Eastside gully emerges as the elusive 1874 coal tramway
X rarely marks the spot. Most “Eureka!” moments occur after long and exacting endeavor. And there is no free lunch. Actually solving a mystery demands insight; hard work; and, occasionally, dumb luck. One intrepid crew of historical treasure hunters did just that, combining resources to defy odds and, with two extraordinary images pointing the way, rediscover a slice of a forgotten world.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Wednesday, September 18, 2019

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from Sputnik

RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Broadcasting & Media Production Company out of Moscow, Russia

Putin Calls for Unbiased Investigation of Saudi Aramco Attacks in Talks With Crown Prince
Saudi Aramco's oil refinery was severely crippled in an attack on 14 September, which has been claimed by Yemen’s Houthi movement. Despite this, the US has claimed it has evidence that it was in fact Iran that was behind the incident, something which the country has vehemently denied. Russian President Vladimir Putin has during talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman called for an unbiased investigation to be carried out into the recent attack on Saudi oil facilities, the president's press service reported.

Cooperation Across the Continent: How Russian-Chinese Relations Evolved in Recent Years
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Premier of the Chinese State Council Li Keqiang will hold a meeting in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss possibilities for strengthening bilateral relations in trade, science, and innovations, as well as issues of cooperation on the international arena. Russian-Chinese relations have been actively developing in various fields and are characterised by a strong legal framework and extensive organisational structure.

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In the news, Tuesday, September 17, 2019

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from DW News (Deutsche Welle)

Broadcasting & Media Production Company in Bonn, Germany

Edward Snowden: Germany a 'primary example' of NSA surveillance cooperation
In his new book, Edward Snowden describes how US intelligence agencies collect vast amounts of data around the world. Foreign governments often help facilitate the collection, and Germany is no exception.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)

RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

18 Facts on the US National Debt That Are Almost Too Hard to Believe
At around $22.5 trillion, the United States national debt sits at 106 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). There is no disputing that this gigantic debt will someday become due and payable. However, there is hesitation among the political class as to what must be done to pay down and eliminate this debt.

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from The Hill

News & Media Website in Washington, D.C.

Risking food safety, USDA plans to let slaughterhouses self-police
A new rule, finalized today, would reduce the number of government food safety inspectors in pork plants by 40 percent, and remove most of the remaining inspectors from production lines. In their place, a smaller number of company employees — who are not required to receive any training — would conduct the “sorting” tasks that USDA previously referred to as “inspection.” The rule would also allow companies to design their own microbiological testing programs to measure food safety, rather than requiring companies to meet the same standard.

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from KGWN TV (NBC Cheyenne)

Casper Regional Landfill begins burying turbine blades
One wind farm in Glenrock and two from the Saratoga area have partnered with the Casper Regional Landfill to dispose of their old wind turbine blades. More than 900 blades will be brought to the landfill beginning now until the end of next spring. The Casper Solid Waste Manager said that though most turbine blades can be reused, there are some that are simply un-recyclable.

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from NPR (& affiliates)

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Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies At 75
Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined an upstart NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington politics before later going to ABC News, has died. She was 75.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Monday, September 16, 2019

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from CBS News (& affiliates)

Edward Snowden wants to come home: "I'm not asking for a pass. What I'm asking for is a fair trial"
In an exclusive U.S. TV interview, Edward Snowden said he would like to return home but that the U.S. won't agree to a fair trial. "I would like to return to the United States. That is the ultimate goal. But if I'm gonna spend the rest of my life in prison, the one bottom line demand that we have to agree to is that at least I get a fair trial. And that is the one thing the government has refused to guarantee because they won't provide access to what's called a public interest defense," Snowden told "CBS This Morning." ... Snowden also took issue with the common refrain that leaking classified documents violated the oath of secrecy he took upon entering the CIA. He said an oath of secrecy does not exist. "One of the common misconceptions in one of the earlier attacks, that we heard in 2015, that we don't hear of so much anymore is that I violated this oath of secrecy. That does not exist. There is a secrecy agreement, but there is also an oath of service. An oath of service is to support and defend, not an agency, not even the president, it is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies – direct quote – foreign and domestic. And this begs the question, what happens when our obligations come into conflict, right? What happens when you have a secrecy agreement, but you have also witnessed your own government, your own agency, your workplace, violating the rights of Americans, and people around the world on a massive scale..” In a statement to CBS News, the NSA said: "Edward Snowden violated his lifetime obligation to protect classified information and betrayed the trust of his coworkers and the American people."

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from The Guardian (UK)

When Milton met Shakespeare: poet's notes on Bard appear to have been found
Almost 400 years after the first folio of Shakespeare was published in 1623, scholars believe they have identified the early owner of one copy of the text, who made hundreds of insightful annotations throughout: John Milton. The astonishing find, which academics say could be one of the most important literary discoveries of modern times, was made by Cambridge University fellow Jason Scott-Warren when he was reading an article about the anonymous annotator by Pennsylvania State University English professor Claire Bourne.

New finds beef up case for redrawing map of Roman empire
The remains of a high-quality Romano-British butcher’s business and centre for crafts have been unearthed by archaeologists in Devon. Previous digs at Ipplepen have unearthed Roman coins, a stretch of Roman road and the remnants of vessels from France and the Mediterranean once full of wine, olive oil and garum – fish sauce. The site is significant because it has undermined the notion that ancient Rome’s influence had not stretched further south-west in the British Isles than Exeter, 20 miles to the north of Ipplepen.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from The Times of Israel

Groundbreaking study: Ancient tin ingots found in Israel were mined in England
Enigma of origins of Bronze Age Levant’s tin supply solved through isotope and chemical composition analysis that shows 13th–12th century BCE tin bars likely came from Cornwall.

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from BBC News (UK)

Church of Scotland sues for share of £2m Viking treasure
The Church of Scotland is suing for a share of a £2m Viking treasure trove which was unearthed on land it owns in Dumfries and Galloway.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Saturday, September 14, 2019

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from HumanProgress.org

Education Website

Dangers of Coercive Population Control

Recently, when asked if he would act to “curb population growth” because “the planet cannot sustain this growth,” Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders answered in the affirmative, noting he would focus on “poor countries around the world.” Former Vice President Joe Biden, one of Sanders’ rivals and current leading contender for the Democratic nomination, previously voiced acceptance of China’s one-child (now two-child) policy, telling a Chinese audience, “Your policy has been one which I fully understand — I’m not second-guessing — of one child per family.” The problem with embracing a demographic goal to “curb population growth” rather than leaving each family to make their own decisions is that it often results in coercion. Also, the very idea of “overpopulation” is fundamentally misguided.

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from The Orca  News & Media Website in B.C.

Margaret A. Ormsby: British Columbia institution

Daniel Marshall on a titan of BC historians. Gone 23 years, her work, influence, and reputation are undiminished.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

Sue Lani Madsen: 51st state movement rooted in history and differences, not fantasy
In 1852, the convention of delegates from northern Oregon seeking to split Oregon Territory at the Columbia River. wrote regarding right-sizing the population: “… in States having a moderate-sized territory, the wants of the people are more easily made known to their representatives, there is less danger of conflict between sectional interests, and more prompt and adequate legislation can always be obtained.” It was another 37 years to statehood, Proponents of the new State of Washington presumptively wrote a constitution in 1878 to try and speed things up. It still took another decade to statehood.

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In the news, Friday, September 13, 2019

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from BBC News (UK)

Climate change: Electrical industry's 'dirty secret' boosts warming
It's the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, and emissions have risen rapidly in recent years, the BBC has learned. Sulphur hexafluoride, or SF6, is widely used in the electrical industry to prevent short circuits and accidents. But leaks of the little-known gas in the UK and the rest of the EU in 2017 were the equivalent of putting an extra 1.3 million cars on the road. Levels are rising as an unintended consequence of the green energy boom. Cheap and non-flammable, SF6 is a colourless, odourless, synthetic gas. It makes a hugely effective insulating material for medium and high-voltage electrical installations.

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from CNN

Meet the smoking-free, carbon-negative country that passes no law unless it improves citizens' well-being
On the eastern edge of the Himalayas, nestled between India and Tibet, lies the tiny nation of Druk Yul, better known as Bhutan. In Bhutanese, the name means "Land of the Thunder Dragon," a nod to the violent storms that pound the rugged mountain peaks and flood the lush valleys.

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from Daily Mail (UK)

Victorian London in colour: Fascinating colourised photos bring the street sellers, child labourers and busking musicians of the 1870s capital to life
Street sellers, child labourers and busking musicians from Victorian London have been vividly brought to life in a series of fascinating colourised images. The photos were taken in the 1870s, the decade Charles Dickens passed away, by Scottish photographer John Thomson and give a glimpse into the daily grind of life in the capital over 150 years ago. Unlike most pictures released at the time, the pictures depict poverty and the backbreaking work undertaken by London's working class. Eleven images have been colourised by Grant Kemp, a graphic designer who hopes the evocative images vividly portray what conditions were like for those working in the city in the 19th century. From 1873 to 1877, Scottish photographer John Thomson collaborated with journalist Adolphe Smith to document the lives of London's urban poor,' explained Kemp.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Thursday, September 12, 2019

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from The Guardian (UK)

Antibiotic use before cancer treatment cuts survival time – study
Taking antibiotics in the month before starting immunotherapy dramatically reduces a cancer patient’s chances of survival, according to a small but groundbreaking study.

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from NPR (& affiliates)

Nonprofit Broadcasting & Media Production Company

Veteran: Risks In 1950s Bomb Test 'A Disgrace'
It's hard to determine just how many veterans became ill because they were at the Operation Plumbbob nuclear tests in 1957 in the Nevada desert north of Las Vegas.

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from The Scotsman
"Scotland's national newspaper," Edinburgh, since 1817

Large '1,400-year-old Pictish cemetery' uncovered in the Highlands
Archaeologists have uncovered what is believed to be a 1,400-year-old Pictish cemetery in the Highlands. Excavation at the sight has confirm a number of barrows, or burial mounds and enclosures at the site near Muir of Ord in the Black Isle.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Wednesday, September 11, 2019

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from Duluth News Tribune

Broadcasting & Media Production Company in Duluth, Minnesota

Anti-hate group keeps eye on investigation in Duluth
The robust investigation into the fire that destroyed Adas Israel Congregation synagogue in Duluth is being viewed as 'very positive and reassuring,' said an Anti-Defamation League official based in Chicago. On his fifth day on the job back in May, there was an attempted arson at a Jewish worship and community center in Chicago — among the latest in a two-year escalation of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States. Months later, David Goldenberg is watching closely as events unfold in Duluth following the Monday fire that destroyed the Adas Israel Congregation synagogue at 302 E. Third St. in Duluth. The cause of the fire remains undetermined.  As Midwest regional director for the Anti-Defamation League in Chicago, Goldenberg is tracking developments and monitoring the community response. He was pleased to learn the authorities had quadrupled their presence by Tuesday to about 20 investigators, and that other faith places had been offering worship space and other kindnesses.

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from Psephizo  (blog)

What does John 17 say about unity?
If I was given sixpence every time I heard someone quoted John 17.21 ‘…that they might be one…’ then I’d have a lot of change that I wouldn’t know what to do with. It is commonly suggested that, in this, Jesus’ ‘high priestly prayer’, we see his last desire expressed to his heavenly Father, and that desire is for his people to have visible unity. We must therefore take this seriously, and make it a priority above other issues since, after all, it was so important to Jesus that it formed his final wish.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Tuesday, September 10, 2019

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from HumanProgress.org  Education Website

What Ma and Keynes Get Wrong About Progress
Desire for greater material well-being is not a moral failing. Yearning for a better life has driven progress over the past 250 years. British economist John Maynard Keynes once said that “[p}ractical men who believe themselves quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” It’s unclear whether Chinese tech billionaire Jack Ma is a Keynes discipline, or considers himself immune to economists’ musings. But in forecasting that technology and automation might deliver a 12-hour working week, Ma certainly echoes Keynesian thinking about economic progress. Sharing a stage with U.S. entrepreneur Elon Musk in Shanghai, Alibaba founder Ma this week predicted that artificial intelligence and automation will deliver unheard of gains to productivity. Offering an upbeat story of its effects, he suggested that producing more with fewer workers will reduce the desirable working time to just “three days a week, four hours a day.” Instead, we will be able to spend extra time enjoying “being human beings” and going to “karaoke in the evening.”

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Monday, September 9, 2019

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from Algemeiner

New York-based  Jewish newspaper

President Truman, George Marshall, and Israel
Some in American Jewry are split over whether Donald Trump is the most pro-Israel or pro-Jewish president in the history of the US. Before Trump, some people would have said it was Harry Truman, who in 1947 supported the idea of partitioning the Palestine Mandate into Jewish and Arab territories. He then voted to recognize Israel, following its declaration of independence after the Arab states rejected compromise and declared all-out war. He did this against the overwhelming opposition of some advisers, the State Department, the WASP establishment, and the antisemitic lobbies.

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from Conciliar Post

MACCABEES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
My last article presented several of Jesus’ teachings from the Wisdom of Sirach and noted the fact that Matthew’s gospel paid particular attention to those teachings. While Wisdom of Sirach had only a limited impact on the New Testament, the history of the Maccabees affected first century Judaism so strongly that our Protestant avoidance of 1st and 2nd Maccabees has enabled serious errors in some of our most central doctrines. Like Sirach, 1st and 2nd Maccabees have been mislabeled as “apocrypha,” a title originally reserved for heretical Gnostic writings;1 but no apocryphal teachings arise in 1st or 2nd Maccabees. Even if one does not accept these books as Scripture, Martin Luther called them “profitable and good to read.”2 My hope is that this article will encourage many Christians to read these chronicles of resistance and victory, which strongly shaped Jewish culture at the time of our Lord’s incarnation and the Writings which followed from His apostles.

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from Duluth News Tribune

Broadcasting & Media Production Company in Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth synagogue fire under investigation
As Duluth firefighters worked in the rain on Monday afternoon to stabilize a synagogue destroyed by fire overnight, officials were holding open all possibilities about the fire's cause. "Any investigation that we do, we look to make sure (whether) there is a crime or the absence of a crime," Police Chief Mike Tusken said at a City Hall news conference. Firefighters responded at 2:23 a.m. Monday to the fire at the 120-year-old building that was the home of the tiny Adas Israel Congregation, and police investigators were on the scene soon after, Tusken said. Two "people of interest" were interviewed, Tusken said, although he didn't characterize them as suspects.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)

RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

The Myth That the Polar Bear Population Is Declining

The story of a resurgent polar bear population deserves to be told and applauded.

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from The Guardian (UK)

London's abandoned underground – in pictures
London has been shaped by its railways, ever since the Metropolitan opened as the world’s first underground line in 1863. As the network grew, old stations, tunnels, entrances, passageways and shafts were left behind.

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from The New American Magazine

RIGHT BIAS: John Birch Society

The Deadly History of Socialism
Many Americans, especially young people, want to get rid of capitalism — because of its inequality — and install socialism as a replacement. But such a plan has been tried all over the world, with disastrous results.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Sunday, September 8, 2019

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from The Atlantic  Magazine

The Electoral College Was Terrible From the Start
It’s doubtful even Alexander Hamilton believed what he was selling in “Federalist No. 68.”

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)

RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

Antoninus Pius: The Greatest Roman Emperor You’ve Never Heard of

Antoninus Pius, while imperfect, for the most part ruled with prudence, restraint, and moderation.

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from NPR (& affiliates)

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In Wisconsin, An Enduring Sanctuary Was A Pioneer Dream
The small wooden church is half-hidden, nestled on a hill in southeastern Wisconsin in the city of Delafield. St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church was built in 1851, one of the historic "carpenter Gothic" churches surviving in the United States, and on the National Register of Historic Places. It's such a quiet place residents often forget it's there, though it was established by the pioneer founders of the city.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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In the news, Saturday, September 7, 2019

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from The Guardian (UK)

How William Blake’s wife brought colour to his works of genius
The wife of William Blake, Catherine, was his partner in both life and work, making, mixing and applying his paint colours, according to curators at Tate Britain, who will open their biggest exhibition of the work of the radical British artist and poet this week. Rather than celebrating Catherine by displaying the handful of surviving works known to have been made by her alone, the gallery has chosen instead to point out her unacknowledged daily involvement in her husband’s idiosyncratic work.

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from NPR (& affiliates)

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Opinion: Earth Has Survived Extinctions Before, It's Humans Who Are Fragile
It takes only a few paragraphs in Genesis for the Earth to take shape, sprout with life, and then human beings. Of course, that development actually took millions of years. But this week, as the world watched a huge hurricane gather in the Earth's warming waters, and wreak terrible destruction on life in the islands of the Bahamas and other places, there was another humbling reminder that human beings really only play a supporting role in the history of the Earth.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

Sue Lani Madsen: Initiative didn’t strengthen gun safety, it added stigma, layers of bureaucracy
Undermining good intentions, and unintended consequences are just beginning for I1639/

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from Conciliar Post

THE WISE BEDOUIN

Christians need not fear the changing veneer of our own times. Christians do need to fear losing the Divine wisdom and instruction that has guided their fellows through changed and changing cultures for millennia.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)

RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

The Cobra Effect: Lessons in Unintended Consequences
Human beings react to every rule, regulation, and order governments impose, and their reactions result in outcomes that can be quite different than the outcomes lawmakers intended.

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from The Guardian (UK)

Amazon fires are a shameful indictment of our lust for excess
The flames engulfing the world’s biggest rainforest are a human tragedy as well as an environmental one. We are all to blame.

Hundreds of clergy facing hardship despite vast C of E wealth
Hundreds of clergy are in financial hardship, with some resorting to credit cards or even a high-interest payday lender, despite the Church of England sitting on a multibillion-pound investment fund.

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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS,  MIXED  American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.

If California Relies on Obama School Discipline Policy, It Will Put Students at Risk
California legislators seek to expand a law that limits a teacher’s ability to keep order in the classroom. Surveys find opposition to such loosened policies, and research demonstrates that ideas such as these may put students at risk and even limit student achievement. The provisions also dredge up painful questions about the relationship between recent school shootings and student discipline policies.

The Political Case for Confining Birthright Citizenship to Its Original Meaning
There is good reason for the United States to reconsider its long-standing policy of automatically granting citizenship to all children born on U.S. soil, regardless of parental immigration status. The policy—which is not mandated by the Fourteenth Amendment—incentivizes illegal immigration, contributes substantially to the overall economic burden imposed on U.S. taxpayers, and raises serious national security concerns. Ultimately, the statutory definition of “citizen” is not as clear as it was prior to 1940, but the President may order executive branch agencies to abide by a more narrow and good faith interpretation of who is or is not a citizen under existing federal law.

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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California

The Monroe Doctrine: Guide To The Future
The Monroe Doctrine, which purports to warn other states from interfering in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, has supposedly remained a basic principle of American foreign policy since the first half of the nineteenth century. From the point when it was issued, its actual relevance has depended on the willingness to enforce it, or whether there was any real threat. President Monroe issued it during a period when all of the major Spanish colonies in the Western Hemisphere were in the process of gaining their independence from Spain.

Principled Realism And The Monroe Doctrine
With the publication of the December 2017 version of the National Security Strategy, the Trump administration changed the course of American grand strategy. With it, the U.S. made a conscious choice to leave behind President George W. Bush’s controversial neo-conservative inspired policy of “preemption” and Barack Obama’s convoluted “consequentialism,” embracing instead the more traditional approach of “principled realism,” first articulated by President George Washington. In this new era all previous policies and approaches are under review, including one of our oldest foreign policy statements—the Monroe Doctrine of 1823.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from Time  Media/News Company

Justice Neil Gorsuch: Why Originalism Is the Best Approach to the Constitution
Originalism is a theory focused on process, not on substance. It is not “Conservative” with a big C focused on politics. It is conservative in the small c sense that it seeks to conserve the meaning of the Constitution as it was written.

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In the news, Thursday, September 5, 2019

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from HumanProgress.org  Education Website

Heroes of Progress, Pt. 26: Wilhelm Rontgen
This week, our hero is Wilhelm Röntgen. The German scientist was the first person to identify electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength that we today know as an “x-ray.” Today, x-ray machines are common at most medical facilities.  They are used for dozens of reasons, but the most common usage includes detection of broken and fractured bones, heart problems, breast cancer, scoliosis and tumours. The ability to accurately monitor the internal conditions of our bodies leads to better medical decisions. Every year, x-ray machines are used to help save the lives of millions of people.

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from The Living Church
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)

VTS Breaks Ground in Funding Reparations
While the wheels of government slowly turn in the debate over reparations for slavery, Virginia Theological Seminary is taking matters into its own hands, becoming one of the first organizations of any kind to commit funds to reparations.

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from Psephizo  (blog)

The costly grace of Jesus in Luke 14
In the gospel reading for Trinity 12 in Year C, we complete our navigation through this section of Jesus’ intermingled teaching and action until we hit the landfall of the ‘parables of the lost’ next week in Luke 15. The double focus on the crowds and discipleship, the drawing together of teaching found in different places in the other gospels, and the lack of specific location all continue as hallmarks of Luke’s record of Jesus in this section.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS,  MIXED  American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.

Natural Gas, America’s Wonder Fuel
No, we are not running out of fossil fuels. The U.S. and worldwide shift to natural gas is reducing carbon emissions that are said to contribute to global warming. Natural gas is the energy source that delivers without a penny of taxpayer cost.

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from The Living Church
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)

THE CRISIS OF MODERNITY: A RECOMMENDATION OF AUGUSTO DEL NOCE
Augusto Del Noce (1910-1989) was an important Roman Catholic philosopher in Italy who is relatively unknown to English readers. Two of his works have recently become available in English, The Crisis of Modernity and The Age of Secularization. Both are collections of essays based on the premise that ideas determine political and cultural reality.

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from National Review  RIGHT BIAS

Conservatives Should Watch More Television
The conservative movement in the United States, which identifies itself too closely with the Republican party, is at a low cultural ebb (it is certainly fashionable to be anti-Trump), but American popular culture for the past 20 years nonetheless has been suffused with deeply conservative sentiment — even though conservatives often fail to understand or appreciate it. We should watch less cable news and more drama and comedy.

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from seattlepi.com (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS,  HIGH,  Online and former print newspaper in Seattle, WA

Road Trip to Walla Walla: Wine, a waterfall and golden sunsets
Walla Walla sits against a backdrop of the Blue Mountains in Eastern Washington -- the new Whitman College moniker is "the Blues" -- but given its wines and places to dine, the town is a very difficult place in which to be blue.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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