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Good and Leadership’s Shame
It is hard and sorrowful to live in a country where the President himself acts as if ashamed of the American story. The current leadership is so ashamed they strive to erase all the dark and hard dimensions of the… Continue reading
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Good and the Moot of Assassination
There probably would have been little Charlie Kirk and and I would have agreed upon in the rough and tumble of politics, but all those differences were rendered ‘moot’ by the news of his assassination. From the moment I heard… Continue reading
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Good and the Importance of Center
Show me a high performance athlete who doesn’t understand the importance of the center of gravity. You can’t. They may not have the language for it but they understand the feel of the center, and when they fall even… Continue reading
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Good and Nihilism: Belief’s Default and the Mind’s Hammock
Nihilism, as this writer understands it, is simply giving up on critical thought, meaning, purpose, or any activity that hasn’t a discernible paycheck or minimally the thrill of retribution on the backend of the effort. Nihilism is apparently making a… Continue reading
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Good, Thriving and The Cost of “I”
“The master trend in recent Western culture has been to emancipate the individual from the group, and now we are paying the social and spiritual price.” David Brooks, New York Times It is as if a meteorite just hit North… 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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Good and When Moral Distress becomes Fatal
In this writers home state 21,000 people could lose medicaid services thanks to the new federal legislation. It can’t be that different in other states. Forget red state and blue state and lets just think in terms of dead or… Continue reading
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Good and What is Deeper than Opportunism?
Capitalism and the American system take heavy criticism for being opportunistic. Some of that criticism is profoundly merited and some slightly hypocritical. We all tend to love opportunity when it serves our cause. The legal system is being exploited and… Continue reading
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Good, Humility, Protest and the Performance of Life
Life is not a performance and we are not living in a movie. Rather in The Good Decision life is a gift and we are all enmeshed in a life experience that stretches back into deep history and portends forward… Continue reading
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