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Why we’ve been so quiet

John with his beard

We’re not hiding from the IRS or off to the Middle East to join Al-Qaeda. We didn’t fall off the edge of the earth or lock ourselves in our closets. We’ve just taken a break…

Our “New Bohemians” are home

New Bohemians website

Bob and Claire Rogers are on their way home from their extended and very exciting trip to China and most of Southeast Asia. They’ll be traveling back to Tucson on Christmas Day. Be sure to check their website for their personal holiday greeting video. They’ll share some of their experiences that they’ve had along the [...]

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World Globe

We are pleased to be able to offer automated translations for most JustOneOpinion.com pages and articles. This (home) page does not offer the service, but most of our other pages do have the feature built in. Each page not only translates to the closest wording and grammar possible, but also the text changes to a font style similar to that used to write in those languages.

We get emails

I was the surprised recipient of a few personal emails about my recent posting, “Confession: I am a hypocrite.”

Shangri-la exists!

Friendly people of China (Photo (c) by Bob Rogers)

Bob swears that he only has a cheap little digital camera with him, but some of the photos he and Claire have gathered are breathtaking and amazing.

Good Christian Americans

Preacher burns books

If you thought that Bible-thumping, holy rollin’, Confederate flag waving, southern-fried, “come to Jesus” religion was a thing of the past, think again.

Confession: I am a hypocrite

Two-face Editor

I guess it’s time for me to come clean and admit that I am a hypocrite. Maybe I’m not the worst kind of hypocrite, but a hypocrite just the same.

Obama’s Promises

President Obama

Instead of using the majority support and powers available to him, President Obama seems to have become America’s number one procrastinator…

Beware: Bank Credit Cards – 2

Credit cards

Banks are freezing accounts without any warning, and are also extending their actions to accounts owned by third parties that would not normally be responsible for paying off another person’s debt…

Beware: Bank Credit Cards

Don't mix cash and credit

This policy is creating situations where bank customers are unable to make purchases or do online banking even when they have substantial balances in their cash accounts. In some cases, they can’t even make payments between accounts within their own bank, unless they go to a bank branch to handle the transactions.

If you are in that type of situation with your bank, I strongly suggest that you either move your cash accounts to another bank as soon as you can – or payoff and close all credit cards and other loans with your bank.