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Anatolia on a Tuesday Night

By John E. Wade II / May 24, 2021 / Comments Off on Anatolia on a Tuesday Night

I’m on Magazine Street on the riverside looking forward to a Mediterranean cuisine dinner served by a really beautiful young lady from Morocco. My location is on the sidewalk overlooking paths on both sides of the street and the street itself. On my way I saluted each American flag which I spotted earlier, shortly before…

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A United States of America Non-Violent Force

By John E. Wade II / May 24, 2021 / Comments Off on A United States of America Non-Violent Force

Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. brought wonderful changes in the world through careful, strong, persistent use of non-violence. Why not use such powerful techniques, methods, and motives now, in the midst of the Innovation Age?

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The Democratic Cool Aid

By John E. Wade II / May 24, 2021 / Comments Off on The Democratic Cool Aid
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Resilience

By John E. Wade II / May 24, 2021 / Comments Off on Resilience

At this very moment, America’s strength is not in our government, federal, blue states, and cities, or, quite sadly in much of its media, big tech, and such. Our greatest resilience is in the American people, perhaps as it always has been throughout our storied Republic’s history. Thank God! I am an optimist deep down…

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Pat O’Briens Patio on St. Peter’s Street Well into the French Quarter in the City that I’ve Really Come to Love

By John E. Wade II / May 24, 2021 / Comments Off on Pat O’Briens Patio on St. Peter’s Street Well into the French Quarter in the City that I’ve Really Come to Love

The patio is buzzing and the spirits are flowing in all directions. Two nice ladies from Boston and one from New Orleans join my table along with two others. All are celebrating the Tulane Graduation today, certainly a propitious and storied event. Of course, the whole area appears to be in a jubilant mood –…

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Afternoon at Brennan’s on Royal Street, in the French Quarter, in New Orleans on an Unseasonably Beautiful Day on the Patio

By John E. Wade II / May 24, 2021 / Comments Off on Afternoon at Brennan’s on Royal Street, in the French Quarter, in New Orleans on an Unseasonably Beautiful Day on the Patio

The plants look even more luscious than ever. In this restaurant, long, long ago; I proposed and became engaged, and soon thereafter our small wedding party celebrated. There were four of us, the minimum legally allowed. It was a joyous occasion which was later followed by my carrying the bride over the threshold at the…

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Creative Thinking

By John E. Wade II / May 24, 2021 / Comments Off on Creative Thinking

In this Innovation Age, it is vital to America to be honest, wise, and creative. We have a huge challenge as to climate change both in America and globally. I am quite concerned that the Democrats will throw huge amounts of dollars at this problem in an extremely wasteful and corrupt manner and not address…

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Marriages

By John E. Wade II / May 24, 2021 / Comments Off on Marriages

Sometimes marriages work out beautifully, in the short-term and the long-term, and that can be wonderful. But sometimes they don’t last, and that can be deeply hurtful. It was with me. The statistics in America are not encouraging, and that can and does affect our society in an adverse manner, particularly the innocent – any…

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Think! Think! Think!

By John E. Wade II / May 24, 2021 / Comments Off on Think! Think! Think!

I’ve read that daydreaming is a form of creative thinking. Of course, I hasten to add that such a practice at a time when one needs to listen is not advisable. However, many times such as this very moment with me, a wandering, pondering, ruminating, reverent mind can be inventive and fruitful. It’s so very…

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An Innovation Hope

By John E. Wade II / May 24, 2021 / Comments Off on An Innovation Hope

On Monday, May 24, 2021, Yahoo Finance from Reuters disclosed that “construction materials supplier Martin Marietta Materials Inc. said it will buy Heidelberg Cement AG’s assets in California and Arizona for $2.3 billion.” I once did extensive audit work at Martin Marietta in New Orleans related to the external tank for the shuttle. Bill Gates…

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