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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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Good, Despair, Hope and Faith All the Way Through
When outrage burns hot, despair in the cooling embers is often not far behind. Is it possible to talk about faith without hanging the word up in the tangles of religious debate? Short answer; yes. Richard Rohr says: “Faith is… Continue reading
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Good, Law and Order, and Simplicity as Paradox
How can one achieve simplicity in a complex society? Is it a choice to keep it simple or is it an obligation to wade into the complexities of the human drama. Each reader will have their opinion as does this… Continue reading
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Democracy’s First Virtue: Telling the Painful Inconvenient Truth
Truth in times like these will more often than not contain an arrangement of facts that are both painful and inconvenient. A recent public hearing showed a crowd screaming at a minority party representative to do something. Do what? The… Continue reading
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Good, and the 21st Century Version of the Examination of Conscience
The Good Decision tries to look at both sides of any aspect of ‘good’. Otherwise, how can it be good if the bias of one’s mind is set to deny the errors of one’s way? The consequence of this examination… Continue reading
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Good, Nurturance, and Designing to the Sound of the Wrecking Ball
People who have their lives in order and may be getting bored often like to praise the virtues of chaos and the opportunities to be found in that state. Well, with this new wrecking ball approach to government, the good… Continue reading
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Good, Sanctuary, and the Next Subtle Sacrilege
The idea of Sanctuary in churches goes back deep into the history of western civilization. Much can be said, but essentially there was a consensus agreement that armed civil authority would not enter sacred space without the consent of keepers… Continue reading
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Good, Duty of Witness, and the Nation’s Next Story
This concludes this election series of posts. In not too long the votes will be counted and possibly be in the process of being recounted and re-recounted. The possibility of violence exists coming from the transfer of power; a feeling… Continue reading
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Good, Despair, and Broken Narratives
There is no lack of opportunity to feel anger and despair. We live in a time where such emotions thrive. The rage of this historic moment spreads like mold, first sticking and disarming the very words we need to find… Continue reading
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