good-decisions
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Good, Avoidable death and Affordable life.
It is most unfortunate that when this administration began its budget cuts not many of us had any idea how many lives our taxes in the form of aid were saving in the world and how many lives would be… Continue reading
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Good, leadership and the Chains of Retribution
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we would like to punish we would find in each life a sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all our hostility. Henry. Wadsworth Longfellow as quoted by Magaret Wheatley in… Continue reading
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Good and America’s New Terrorists
This writer is not sure how one could describe the effects of quid pro quo death threats or threats to one’s family as anything other than terrifying. Perhaps it is because in the course of my career I lived with… Continue reading
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Good, AI Propaganda, and Two Goliaths Seeking their David
The David and Goliath story is known in both secular and religious contexts to almost every man woman and child raised in western culture. The giant of a warrior with shining armor, certain of victory, is brought down by a… Continue reading
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Good, War Dependency, and the Warring Mind
Two world “leaders” dependent on war for personal legal reasons or bumping their poll numbers up have just started a war. There is no question these two public men should be cautious and very public about entering a war in… Continue reading
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Good, the Chain of Kingdoms, Sloth, and the Constitution
I want to be king of the world, but if not that, than maybe President/King of the United States. If not that, then perhaps Governor/king of a state in the United States. Well, . . maybe Mayor/king of a smaller… Continue reading
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Good, A Satisfied Mind, and the Next Democracy for the United States
How many times have you heard someone say If I had his money I could do things my way Little do they know that is hard to find One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind . . .… 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, Truth Carrying Grief, and the Atomized Society
History has thrust upon our generation an indescribably important task–to complete the process of democratization which our nation has too long developed too slowly, but which is our most powerful weapon for world respect and emulation. How we deal with… 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