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Good and the “Beauty and Bad” Balancing System for Mental Health
I am inclined to worry about people who are in the political minority these days. I worry for their long term health. The Meta-Trance of the day has these good folk rummaging though the internet information systems looking for evidence… Continue reading
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Good, Forgiveness, the 3R’s of Tyranny and Second Chances
Never has the country ever had a president who needed and still has needs forgiveness more than our current president. Never has an individual apparently received more unconditional forgiveness from his support base than this same politician. There must be… Continue reading
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Good, History’s Verdict, and Words Better than Mine. Tracy K Smith Poe
Excerpts from the poem New Road Station by Tracy K Smith (for people in a hurry I tend to brutally excerpt poems with apologies to the author, but in the hopes new readers will head in their direction) History is… Continue reading
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Good and the Devil You Think you Know
The easiest thing in the world is to accumulate evidence supporting your hatred of another person in the political realm. At the same time it is almost impossible to imagine how you yourself became the devil other people hate. Yet,… Continue reading
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Good and Mistaking Wax for Bronze in Leadership
We have too many people in high places who have discovered you can be in high places wielding immense power for a few billion dollars flying on wings of wax and feathers. They, along with us who put them there,… Continue reading
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Good, AI, and Dime Store Demi-Gods Playing with Fire
Yes, calling billionaires Dime Store-Demi Gods may seem a stretch, but in terms of wisdom and caring this writer has no trouble with the radical demotion. AI has been called the God Machine because of predictions this unbridled super-artificial-amoral intelligence… Continue reading
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Good, and Everyone’s Shape Shifting Mind . . . Sunday Words of Rest
Dog Years by Billy Collins Today I turned 420 in dog years so I have decided to take myself for a long walk on the parth around the lake and when I get back home I will jump up on… Continue reading
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Good and Congress’s lmpotence in Crisis: A Call for Presence, Help, and Hope
How would you feel if you opened your heart and spilled your troubles to a person who could help and that person just turned around and walked out the door mumbling something about needing a break? I suspect you might… Continue reading
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Good, Peace, and Violent Voices Condemning Violent Acts
I once explained to a friend I couldn’t vote for the current president because it struck me he has a warring mind and warring minds beget warring acts. Violence begins with violent minds and violent minds express violence leading to… Continue reading
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Words Better than Mine: Hannah Arendt and Authoritarian Government
Hannah Arendt was a German, Jewish, American, Philosopher, and Historian from the 20th century. Her insights on authoritarian and totalitarian government accurately predicted today’s situation in the United States. If you read nothing else by her, these quotes should get… Continue reading
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Good, Melting Pots, and America as Creativity
A minister in our community recently warned about` the dangers of attempting to render the complex web of American stories into one absolute, value laden, dominant story. Americans are a tapestry of dynamic, powerful stories in interaction with evolving communities… Continue reading
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The Next Democracy
Given the critical times we are in this Project has proposed a very short, succinct body of language to re-introduce the idea of democracy to the 21st Century. We no longer can afford to compete for points on the scale of mutual hatred. We must find language that addresses the critical stress point of democracy in our world today. Click below, read, comment and do a pre-vote if you see something to which you can commit.
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