Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

That's 14-year-old Shelbie on the left, four-year-old Autie in the upper right, and four-year-old Chloe in the lower right. Click to enlarge.

My brother and I enjoyed a wonderful childhood on our small family farm. We were poor financially, but rich in love and attention. We were blessed with good parents.

Dad would point out the mysteries of the night sky. He taught us the sounds of the darkness, the deep bass of bullfrogs, the haunting sounds of owls, the melancholy call of the whippoorwill and the exciting (if somewhat scary) yips and howls of coyotes on the hunt.

He taught us how to behave with animals and how to recognize signs of danger. He taught us to identify trees and plants. He took time to show us a nest of baby rabbits, the den of a raccoon and the sounds of wild geese in flight.

When we were old enough, he taught us how to work and assume responsibility. We knew that the welfare of the family relied on the chores we performed, that our food came from the ground and that we had a responsibility to care for the land.

I am fortunate to walk the same ground Dad walked, to see the things he saw and to use items he used. The land is filled with memories of a man I knew and loved, a man who understood what it meant to be a father.

Mike Hanrahan

Cameron, Mo.

The new Rasmussen Poll, one of the most accurate in the 2016 Election, just out with a Trump 50% Approval Rating.That's higher than O's #'s!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2017

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Ammonia Avenue (1984).

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Here is the final kilometer of Stage 8 of the Tour of Switzerland.

See here. (Are you loving this as much as I am?)

Americans have a very poor sense of duty. President Donald Trump’s followers’ rejection of the mandate to buy health insurance is indicative of the lack of this trait.

In my mind, physically fit and healthy individuals should take care of the injured, sick, disabled and aged. The mandate is a way of creating a system under which this occurs.

Individualism, although responsible for much human progress, fails to acknowledge tribal roots. Under tribalism, there is the one and the whole. The whole has a duty to the one and the one has a duty to the whole.

Americans need to discover a sense of duty. The mandate to buy health insurance is a good place to start.

Dale McCracken, Renton

Note from KBJ: Sorry, Dale. Your health is your responsibility, not mine. If the duty of which you speak is a moral duty, then there is nothing stopping you and like-minded people, right now, from paying for the health care of "the injured, sick, disabled and aged." Are you doing so? If not, why not? It's your duty, right? What you appear to want is coercion of some for the benefit of others. How is that justified, and where does it stop?

Back from Miami where my Cuban/American friends are very happy with what I signed today. Another campaign promise that I did not forget!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 17, 2017

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