good-decisions
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Good and Saving Your Soul for the Long Struggle
The Good Decisions Project’s series of posts, the current news, and this writers instincts warn that the current life of an activist and resister to the chaotic, often brutal policies in the United States can lead to the malnutrition of… Continue reading
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Good America the Broken Village, and the End of Complacency
The staggering realization that as Americans and tax payers we are funding an international system of concentration camps of immigrants of uncertain legal status should awaken every generation of Americans. A British based journalist wrote an article for the New… Continue reading
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Good, Ai, and the Assault on Reality
Reality used to be a place one visited when one’s mind became too self-serving, toxic, tiring, or simply boring. Then one day an aggressive cancer composed of digital media inserted itself between us, our minds and the reality of the… Continue reading
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Good, Transactional Idiocy, and the Greenland Ruse
We have a piece of calligraphy in our home done by Thich Nhat Hanh, the Buddhist teacher that says: “Peace in Oneself, Peace in the World”. This simple truth carries a second message unstated: “War in Oneself, War in the… Continue reading
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Good, Decapitation’s Effects, and Guillotine Diplomacy
Decapitation for the human species is 100% fatal. The numbers are only slightly better for decapitated nations. The French Revolution’s Reign of Terror demonstrated through the daily use of the guillotine if you decapitate a human being there is zero… Continue reading
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Good and America’s Armed Amygdala
The amygdala is the part of the human brain that is responsible for emotional processing. The fight or flight response also fires out of that organ of our brain. Our survival system works fast and must interpret reality at a… Continue reading
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Good and Death by Disconnected Detail
This writer’s adult life has spanned the birth of the personal computer, invention of internet, and the spread of social media, so the concept of a society drowning in an ocean of detail stands out in near perfect relief. From… Continue reading
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Good and the Crude Dentistry of America’s Authoritarians
What happened last week in Venezuela upset the world order in ways our leadership cannot seem to imagine. Our current heavy handed government impulsively removed a President from another nation like an abscessed tooth on the assumption the cavity of… Continue reading
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Good and the Joy of “What Else is True”
A woman who brought aid in the form peer to peer counseling to world disaster areas taught this writer a question that has helped me and so many other people in a troubled world: And so what else is true… Continue reading
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Good, Peace, Private Interest, Public Loss and Ignorance
In reading the history leading up to the second World War it seemed the world had learned an important lesson in trying to negotiate a peace through the concession of other people’s land and culture to the aggressor. If you… Continue reading