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  • Good, Pardons, Magical Thinking, and the Importance of Real Evidence

    Our current leadership holds its position of power because a thin majority the United States  seemed willing to override real evidence of crime with “pardons of denial” when it came to voting in the last election.  Perhaps the denial phase in our history is receding as it appears our lower courts cannot actually operate without…

  • Good and the Presumption of Guilt; Where art Thou Sweet Innocence?

    The presumption of innocence is not a new concept with the US Constitution.  The matter goes back in a formal legal sense at least as far as the Code of Hammurabi dating back in the ancient near east to at least 1755 AD and probably further .  A presumption of guilt however dates back to…

  • Good and Thriving in America like a Tuvan Throat Singer

    These are hard days for many people in this country; too many people.  The possibilities of despair are endless. The drop into bitterness is the cheapest ride in town. The climb out of despair is certainly not a free balloon ride.  The Tuvans are an ethnic group living in Southern Siberia with a lesson for…

  • Good, Peace, Private Interest, Public Loss and Ignorance

    In reading the history leading up to the second World War it seemed the world had learned an important lesson in trying to negotiate a peace through the concession of other people’s land and culture to the aggressor.  If you don’t believe history repeats itself you simply haven’t read history.  History repeats to the degree…

  • Good and The Crime of “Dog Whistling” the Hounds from Hell

    To call any group of human beings of any status, race or nationality, gender etc. “garbage” should be an impeachable crime when the lie is told from a position of power. If you follow the news, that term is reported to be tied to the current administration regarding Somali people living in this country.  The…

  • Good and “Rage Bait”: Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the year

    Rage Bait is Oxford dictionary’s word of the year; except of course it is two words. How many words must one have to build a phrase of the year? I guess dictionaries would collapse under their own weight if they started publishing the phrase of the year. Has the english language become so leaky we…

  • Good: Talking life but Choosing Death

    Having a Palliative Care nurse as a spouse and poet has left me a different person than I would be if I hadn’t. The end of life presents the ultimate decision points that either gather together all that is good for the final movement or maybe sends you spinning “into-the-next” in conflict with yourself, family…

  • Good and Why Immigration is not Political

    If you don’t understand why immigration is not essentially political you need to go to the movie Nuremberg which has recently opened in theaters. No, the treatment of the immigrant is first and foremost, moral.  The political response is only an echo of your own moral self.  Very few of us would be on this land if some…

  • Good Thanks and Thanksgiving

    This Project is grateful for the people that read and comment on these posts. I am reminded how thoughtful people are as this project offers no miracles, no riches, and no easy outs. We know we have work to do and are in some way empowered by the challenge of small contributions to the arc…

  • Good, Pure Capitalism, and People as Problem

    The unavoidable flaw in pure Capitalism is the spreadsheet is not the whole story even when it is the only book you read. The unavoidable problem for people right now is they are facing a competition that has never existed in the history of human kind; faux or fake people/machines being hired in the workplace. …