Reflections of An Uncommon Common Man

    In January 1986 I was picked for jury duty in the county where I live. This was the first and only time I have ever served on jury duty. Some people don't like serving on juries and try to avoid it if they can but I was looking forward to it. I thought that it would be interesting and I was curious to see how the jury system worked. My service would be for the entire month of January and during that time I was only on two criminal trials but was on numerous civil trials. On civil trials the plaintiff only has to prove 51% of their case in order to win. Two of these civil trials really stood out in my mind. A woman who was struggling to make ends meet was sued by a bank because her ex husband bought a pick-up truck after they were divorced. Her ex husband allowed the truck to be repossessed by the bank for non payment. The bank couldn't get their money from the ex husband because he wasn't working so they went after the ex wife for payment. She was using the same bank th

 Much has been made about the Transgender Day Of Visibility falling on Easter Sunday March 31, 2024. The left wants us to think that it falls on every March 31st and it just happened to fall on Easter this year. What they don't tell you is that although this holiday has been unofficially recognized since 2009 it was Joe Biden that signed an executive order in 2021 officially declaring it a holiday but no one really knew that much about it until the White House announced it with much fanfare a few day before this Easter 2024. In addition the White House banned children from having any religious symbols on their Easter eggs this year at the annual Easter Egg Roll. Why transgenders need a day of visibility makes no sense to me because that is all we hear about these days. These are the other days on the calendar devoted to transgenders and promoting their visibility. International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, observed on May 17. International Drag Day is celebra