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Fighting Back: Shutdown Redux “Republicans have once again revealed their utter incompetence in governing.”

February 3, 2018 JanF 5

The government is being funded with a Continuing Resolution that will expire on February 8th, next Thursday. No progress has been made on the issues that need to be resolved to come up with […]

Fighting Back: “Democrats want to keep our government open.”

December 10, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Chris Coons of Delaware. (In the weekly Democratic address, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) talked about […]

April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

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May 1, 2026 2

At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on, the light returns more [...]

Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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March 20, 2026 3

Today, March 20th, at 7:46am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]

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Spring is in the air!

February 1, 2026 2

At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]

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Welcome, Returning Light!

December 21, 2025 5

The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]

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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

September 22, 2025 3

An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]