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Forum topic	Would someone mind giving me constructive critism?	lwebster	3	20 years 2 months ago
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Colorful idioms spice up the conversation

By jxmartin on Sat, 09 Jul 2022

Colorful idioms spice up the conversation I have written before about my fascination with idioms in the English language. They are both colorful and...

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Zero Sum Game

By jxmartin on Tue, 05 Jul 2022

The Zero-Sum Game I have always wondered why some folks seem to resent the success of others. It would seem antithetical to the way that we were...

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On The Wagon

By jxmartin on Sat, 02 Jul 2022

“On the Wagon” You often hear the phrase “on the wagon” in conversation. It is usually a pithy reference to a now abstemious person who had...

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Transitions of power, then and now

By jxmartin on Wed, 22 Jun 2022

I wrote this analysis twenty eight years ago, when Newt Genrich and the Conservative Republicans wrested control of Congressional House of...

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Annoying mental pauses in speech

By jxmartin on Thu, 16 Jun 2022

After watching several well-educated staff members testify, in recent Congressional hearings, I thought I needed to comment. The use of the phrase “...

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