Richard Blankenburg
Goldgoose, alias Richard Blankenburg, is a retired educator and is very old. He was born and grew up in Decatur Illionis and now resides in San Diego California, where he has lived most of his life. At some period in his life, he lived for a few years in Windam Center CT, Whitefish Bay WI, and Schaffhausen Switzerland.
He was a high school teacher, university professor, and college dean.
He now writes for a pastime.
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Articles by Richard Blankenburg
April 11, 2009
Arizona State University has invited America´s new President Barack Obama to be the speaker of their commencement, however, the University determined that they would not confer the customary honorary doctorate on President Obama because of ´his lack of experience´; it is an obvious affront to t...
April 08, 2009
It is interesting to note that of the many, many soldiers receiving dishonorable discharges from the military, solely because they were gay, I have never heard of any of those soldiers being a ´bad´ soldier; in my own experience, in the military, I served with some ´good´ soldiers that were pre...
March 06, 2009
Americans throw around the term 'democracy' like it had a common meaning, like 'apple tree'; it doesn't. President Bush used the term democracy to describe present day Iraq; Iraq isn't. In political science, the term has a distinct definition that is further defined by the United states Constitution. Every Amreican child should be taught the true definition of Democracy as referenced by the US Constitution. America is a democratic Republic and a thing of beauty; Americans should recognize it as such.