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TSA vs Kwik Trip-The Intellectual Insanity of Institutionalizing Lousy Service

March 5, 2014by Chris Norbury 3 Comments

Recently I did two seemingly unrelated activities that sparked thought, analysis, and frustration. First, I flew to Phoenix and back. Second, I bought milk and bananas at my local convenience […]

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Intellectual, Neo-Renaissance, politics

How do the Romney-Obama debates connect with writing a novel?

October 1, 2012by Chris Norbury 4 Comments

Political debates now days are a joke. Back in the days of Lincoln-Douglas, debates were unscripted verbal battles between two people who actually possessed values, morals, scruples, and were highly educated […]

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Health care analogy with Cheesecake Factory

August 23, 2012by Chris Norbury Leave a comment

Warning: mild political commentary disguised as someone else’s opinion … with which I agree wholeheartedly. What the heck does Louis Armstrong have to do with the Cheesecake Factory and Obamacare? […]

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Yes, but there exists a Third Side

August 20, 2012by Chris Norbury Leave a comment

Warning: Political commentary in the form of a link and a short personal opinion. The Wrong Side Absolutely Must Not Win The Third Side is the Libertarian Party along with […]

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Trying to wrap my mind around the Aurora Shootings

July 26, 2012by Chris Norbury 2 Comments

Warning: Longish post and unique political viewpoint about to be shared. Another week; another mass killing. Twelve killed, fifty-eight wounded in Aurora, Colorado. It’s getting to be a regular feature of […]

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A Must Read on Obamacare

July 19, 2012by Chris Norbury Leave a comment

Worth your time. We all must look at this bill from all sides, because our lawmakers and large media certainly aren’t. What’s Wrong with the Health Care Media?

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Teachable Moments

February 6, 2012by Chris Norbury Leave a comment

Here I sit watching Super Bowl XLVI, sipping Taittinger NV Brut Champagne with my wife, on her birthday, mildly berating myself because I forgot to open a bottle of bubbly […]

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SOPA & PIPA Get their BUTTS kicked by US

January 21, 2012by Chris Norbury 2 Comments

An amazing thing happened the other day: millions of people used their right of free speech to peacefully protest and ask for recourse of their grievances by petitioning their elected […]

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Poverty–One Man’s Opinion

November 29, 2011by Chris Norbury Leave a comment

Selected definitions of poverty from various online dictionaries: 1)The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. 2)The state of […]

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Interesting article about self-publishing

September 8, 2011by Chris Norbury Leave a comment

I found this on Mises.org and thought some of the links to copyrighting options for self-publishers are worth a look. http://mises.org/daily/5571/Indie-Authors-Shaking-the-Pillars-of-Publishing Do you have any other copyrighting websites to share? […]

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