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A. Perhaps it was Ronald Reagan who first said, “Trust but verify.” The latest version has mutated to “Distrust and verify.”    Here are the translations of what they mean. Trust but verify means: Innocent until proven guilty. Distrust and verify means: Guilty until proven innocent. B. Attributed to Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant director of the Manhattan Project, but later felt so guilty about producing the first atomic bomb. He wore his guilt on his sleeve, yet, he did the deed.   John von Neumann, often considered the greatest mathematician of the 20 th century quipped about Oppie,                  Some people confess the guilt so they can take credit for the sin. C. Kids have a break many ignore.   It is about learning, opportunity, and direction in life. Youth is a free first-class ticket on the train of personal discovery.

MODERN POLITICS  Modern politics is life imitating fiction, this Tale of Two Parties , with each party cheering wildly as an opponent is guillotined, and with each having battalions of Madams DeFarge knitting furiously the names of the victims and accused.    To be a victim, one only needs to accuse, evidence not being required. To be accused, a committed crime is not the factor; it is whose side you’re perceived to be on.   To be convicted does not imply guilt has been proved, only believed.   Our Madams and Messieurs have their whole beings consumed by hate and they “will not rest until their bloodthirsty desires are satisfied.”*  Thank you Charles Dickens for predicting the future, which has now come to pass. *From a review by Daisy Bowie-Sell of the Dickens classic, Tale of Two Cities . ---------------------- GOODNESS It is important to support good people even if, only if, or while they have value to you and what you believe as good .  A good boss has

Many cities such as San Francisco have a multitude of unsolvable problems such as poverty, ineptness, homelessness, and squalor. Yet each has a small population of wealthy and rich people with guilt problems. It is possible such localities have taken to heart the nature of “sanctuary” for the similarly impoverished group of aliens, sympathetic but small enough to manage as a substitute problem.  Cleansing guilt through sanctuary this way is little more than throwing crumbs at the real problem they are indisposed to solve.