Tales from the Mark Side: The trouble with liberals …
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Tales from the Mark Side: The trouble with liberals …

mark.young@manateeherald.com The trouble with liberals …  Liberals continue to confound me. I have tried so hard to understand them for so long. I tried to sympathize with them because we’ve learned that they suffer from a mental disorder. Conservatives are a compassionate people after all, but we do have our limits. I’ve tried to engage…

Tales from the Mark Side: Let’s move on from COVID and find a cure for liberalism
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Tales from the Mark Side: Let’s move on from COVID and find a cure for liberalism

mark.young@manateeherald.com For most of us, the origins of the COVID pandemic was pretty obvious from the onset. For us, the only real question was whether or not it was deliberate on the part of the Chinese. I think I’m not alone in believing that it was. And to put that into perspective, Nazi Germany murdered…

Tales from the Mark Side: Time to acknowledge “reverse-ism” in America
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Tales from the Mark Side: Time to acknowledge “reverse-ism” in America

mark.young@manateeherald.com We’ve reached a point in this country where the need to attach an “ism” at the end of every word in order to attack others has become something of an addiction. Ford and Chevy owners will probably start calling each other Fordists and Chevyiests. As a NY Giants fan, I’ll Cowboys fans will call…

Manatee’s Guardian Angel Cost The County Millions
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Manatee’s Guardian Angel Cost The County Millions

Someone once observed that “roads are the arteries through which the economy pulses.” Decades ago Manatee County had several commissioners who hoped to thwart growth in our county by refusing to build and enlarge roads. Those “ostrich commissioners” made  many poor decisions that set back transportation in our county. Today, we sit in traffic jams…

Tales from the Mark Side: Trust the government? I don’t think so
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Tales from the Mark Side: Trust the government? I don’t think so

mark.young@manateeherald.com I was watching live when EPA Administrator Michael Regan tried to tell the residents of East Palestine Ohio to, “Trust the government.” I had the same reaction as if watching my beloved NY Giants driving down the field only to throw an interception in the endzone. I came out of my chair and somewhat…