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Good and History down the Memory Hole
“What war?” asks the Vice President “What January 6 insurrection?” asks the President. “What 19 trillion dollars of new investments in the American Economy?” asks the press when the administration touts a great economy that for some reason refuses to… Continue reading
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Good, No Center No Power and the Lethal Game of Chicken
If you are reading the news critically and from a range of sources you will see there is no political good news. We are in a slow motion game of chicken with ourselves. “Chicken” is the game where two parties… Continue reading
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Good, Cult, and America’s Broken Paradigm
This writer has written about cults off and on in America and yes we are a culture infected with cult, but cult is not the bottom of our problems; merely a symptom. Cults come and go and are usually time… Continue reading
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Good, Nonsense, and Designing our Exit from these Hot Times
Rated PG-13 for mild peril and mass casualties. Running time: 1 hour 47 minutes. In theaters. This rating summary was given for the new movie Supergirl and this writer is pretty sure the people who wrote it either missed the… 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, 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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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 and Shooting Ourselves to Death
War Like a whale, is all consuming Everything fits into its mesh mouth … The bullet is a beast, as are we Our invisible battles are the hardest to win. . . by Amanda Gorman, excerpted from her poem; War:… Continue reading
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Good, The Damage We do, and Lasting Wounds
Wendall Berry, American poet, essayist, conservationist, teacher and, at root, a farmer provided the following quote. His words are humble and instructive as we navigate the age “In general I have used my farm carefully. It could be said I… Continue reading
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Good and “My Child is Being Poisoned”. When to Intervene?
For a quick short answer I urgently suggest “RIGHT NOW”. What parent wouldn’t immediately rescue their young child from death or life long injury seeing their child in imminent danger? But suppose there were two children and it was your… Continue reading
The Good Decision 