immigration
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Good, Xenophobia and the Gold of Common Ground
The price of gold has had a wild ride in these contemporary economies. That is largely because with gold we can fake it but we can’t make it (yet). Like gold, common ground exists and in terms of value to… Continue reading
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Good and the Presumption of Guilt; Where art Thou Sweet Innocence?
The presumption of innocence is not a new concept with the US Constitution. The matter goes back in a formal legal sense at least as far as the Code of Hammurabi dating back in the ancient near east to at… Continue reading
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Good and The Crime of “Dog Whistling” the Hounds from Hell
To call any group of human beings of any status, race or nationality, gender etc. “garbage” should be an impeachable crime when the lie is told from a position of power. If you follow the news, that term is reported… Continue reading
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Good and Why Immigration is not Political
If you don’t understand why immigration is not essentially political you need to go to the movie Nuremberg which has recently opened in theaters. No, the treatment of the immigrant is first and foremost, moral. The political response is only an echo of… Continue reading
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Good, Self Harm, and Arresting the American Work Ethic
If we Americans were collectively a teenager we would be in therapy for cutting on ourselves. How very odd that we would arrest one the of support beams of this sprawling concept called the ‘American Work Ethic’. Keep in mind… Continue reading
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Good and the Slow Walk to Hell
What is going on with immigration will redefine the history of this nation. Beckett and Kafka recognized the seeds of this problem long ago. The humane solution to the immigration problem is the administration of a rational law and funding… Continue reading
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Good, Discovering Reality, Justice, and Imagination
This country could only end up in this set of circumstances through the lazy neglect of imagination. The working phrase is: “Imagine how you would feel if . . . . . .?”. The alternative to imagination, particularly in deciding… Continue reading
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Good, Immigration, and Living in the Frosting of a Cake
I am learning that many people like the current administration’s goals, but dislike the methods used to achieve those goals. David French of the New York Times caught that surprising factoid from a CBS/YouGov poll. That shouldn’t surprise us but it… Continue reading
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Good, and Falling through the Cracks
Where does one go when one “falls through the cracks”. This expression has been used by caregivers for decades to describe what happens to their children or elderly parents when for some reason the needs of their charges are not… Continue reading
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Good and Decisions in the Last Life Boats
The dark fascination with the last moments of the Titanic often comes home on the issue of too few life boats available and too many people in the fatally dark waters. We tend to follow the movie storyline to the… Continue reading
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