democracy
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Good and “Silence in the Face of Evil”
This Post begins with a quote from Thomas Friedman of the New York Times in an article addressing collapsing morality in this era of ours. “The anti-Nazi Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was hanged by Hitler’s henchmen shortly before… Continue reading
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Good and the Fallacy of the Financial Elite
The highest standard of elite in a democracy is the authentic distillation, expression and codification of the public’s authority. Democracy is a public service. Yes, private individuals may have the power to trash the United States White House, but they are not… Continue reading
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Good and Building Toward the ‘Shared Public Reality’
The second virtue of a New Democracy (Building Toward the ‘Shared Public Reality’ and Unity) is to lock into a value that when exercised separates a true democracy from the 21st century train wreck now called the Divided States of America (DSA). As a country… Continue reading
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Good; Expression, and Speech, as Virtue, Human Right, and Crime
Children are hounded with insults until they suicide. We have a president who posts and reposts obscenities. We see long term public servants reduced to a single insulting sentence of dismissal from leadership at the highest levels in government. We… Continue reading
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Good and the Paralyzing Limits of Pure Resistance
Like about seven million other patriotic Americans across the nation this writer attended a No Kings Protest in a small town with about only 250 other protesters. But the passion and creativity were on display. This week the signs and… Continue reading
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Good, Democracy and the Titanic’s Deck Furniture
There are metaphors that stand the test of time. Theologian Marcus Borg once said ‘a model is a metaphor that works. This is a “Titanic” time in politics. The Titanic’s deck furniture and how it was arranged just before it… Continue reading
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Good and Power’s Purpose
In reading a New York Times article interviewing younger Americans who voted for the current administration I came away with the sense the only thing they absolutely agreed upon is the opposition party (in this case Democrats) lacked coherent identity… Continue reading
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Good, Character, Parable, and the More Dangerous Liar
One of the benefits of including a little poetry in these posts is the poems attract interesting, talented writers. One brief connection I have benefited from comes from a response to the previous posting about bad news exhaustion. I will… Continue reading
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Good, Honor, and Evil: The Brothers at Odds
When a father, husband or son executes a young woman for disobedience to the family’s honor code, whatever that code is, how does the word ‘honor’ fit with that killing? This is a question some countries and cultures are attempting… Continue reading
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