You don’t need a WordPress account to reply to posts in this forum, but having one makes posting easier (once logged in you don’t have to re-enter your email addy and username every time you reply to an existing post) and it creates the option to be given “Author status” by the site owner. You need Author status to create new, original posts that other’s can comment on.

It is easy to create a WordPress account, and only takes a few minutes. The process involves creating your own blog site, but you are under no obligation to maintain it, or even ever to use it. No one will see it unless you intentionally publish it.

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https://pilotonline.com/opinion/columnist/guest/article_c2d9d4f4-107d-5121-8538-ab23f49f9762.html

Rent seeking is one of those terms that can be misleading.  It it not about being a landlord, it is the use of government influence to suppress competition. It has been going on along time.

https://pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/article_fe3ac862-c072-11e9-bd39-f7ce218d5a5b.html

https://pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/article_7a0fa00a-c075-11e9-986a-93da57d24a01.html

The 2nd Amendment has a dual purpose, first to prohibit government from effectively disarming the people and, just as importantly, it serves as a canary-in-the-coal-mine for the erosion of individual liberty.

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End of comments at Pilot Site

So, there will be no comments at the Pilot. This blog was opened to provide an alternate forum, now it seems it will be the only one.

All are welcome, read the rules before commenting.

My wife and I will be away for a few days beginning on the 19th, so I won’t be able to respond to Author status requests until the 22nd. John and Len should be able to help you.

Interesting perspective from a former Deputy Secretary of State under Henry Kissinger.

The number of participants here has dwindled over recent weeks to the point that it no longer serves its purpose.

It appears people have found it easier to adapt to the Pilot’s restrictive limits and avoidance of national news than to keep a second tab open on their browsers.

But the marketplace has spoken, I will let this blog go dormant for a couple of weeks and if nothing changes, take it down.

https://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/nation/article_0098774c-61ed-11e9-9b93-17955ed4ecd3.html

No Collusion, nothing that crossed the line on obstruction, but you’d never know it from the the press.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865.

https://pilotonline.com/opinion/columnist/guest/article_4398d612-b058-5807-8fd6-e903a428e7a7.html

In stark contrast to the administration’s policy of restricting legal immigration ala Miller, FOX, etc., Thiessen states the obvious: we need more immigrants or we cannot prosper.

Continue reading “Even Trump’s perpetual cheerleader says we must allow increased immigration.” →