October 2025
“Charlie, who?” — that was my response, when a friend told me about Mr. Kirk’s murder. My aversion to social media and minimal interaction with the younger generations was the reason. I will get back to that. The mostly junk news my TV gets for free was now buzzing about him. As usual it presented the right, left spectrum.
I do have a “smart phone,” but shy away from searching the net. Friends sent me clips, it was eye opening. Here was a young, uneducated (no college degree) man actually seeking dialogue with the liberal youth dominating our universities. His mantra, “Prove me wrong.” My experience on construction sites was of high school graduates, that couldn’t read a ruler. They also seemed challenged by basic concepts as near and far or up and down. No joke!
Right or left? Good luck, Charlie. Yet, while they, “like, stuttered and um, like parroted liberal buzz words,” he stood well spoken and strong, citing facts.
Now, let’s re-examine the right/left spectrum, using simple school supplies, required when I went to grade school. Paper, pencil, a one foot ruler (no math or measurements) and a compass. In the middle of the paper draw a dot, then to the left, a few finger widths away draw anoth ...
