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  The kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, Harrison Butker gave a commencement speech at Kansas’ Benedictine College. I may be mistaken but I thought a commencement speech, at a graduation, is about recognizing the fact these students finished what they started and were moving onto the next chapter of their lives. That is not what Butker did. Instead he used it as a platform to express some of his personal religious and political views. He has a right to those views. He has a right to express those views. If he thinks a woman’s role in society is to be a wife, stay at home and raise children that is his right. What I have a problem with is that fact that he said those things to a group of people that were just starting out pursuing their careers. He basically said women should not be looking for careers, they should be looking for husbands. He has the right to his opinion but maybe he wasn’t the best choice to be expressing it at a commencement speech. It is a popular view for some...
  I haven’t written in a while, one reason is a little bit of burnout. Another reason is because there is so much to write about but all we are hearing about is the Trump Trial. That may be the most damaging thing that Trump has done to the nation. Everything has to be about Trump so we don’t discuss the other problems that need our attention. Yes, the Trump trial is historic but we do have an election that we need to think about. I can’t help but figure what we decide in November will affect not only my grandchildren but my great grandchildren also. In Florida we are approaching the next Hurricane season and it is being predicted to be a very active one. When it comes to hurricanes no other State is affected as much as Florida. There have been 467 Hurricanes that have hit America, 120 of those have hit Florida. Texas and Louisiana fall a distant second and third at 64 and 62. Florida the so called “Sunshine State” is at least affected by 40 percent of all Hurricanes in U. S. his...