Good and Poisoning it Forward

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  • Good and Poisoning it Forward

    This writer remembers better days for America where generous people performed acts of mercy and generosity, not for personal gain, but to pay it forward to the next generation.  We all basked in the warm glow of acts that ‘payed… Continue reading

  • Good, Power, Minds and Hearts

    The one good lesson that can be learned from this era is there is no hammer big enough or power sufficient to overcome the power of good minds and powerful hearts.  Nations will concede a lot but they ultimately won’t… Continue reading

  • Good and The Three Minds of America

    No science here; just observation. This writer sees three general mindsets in America: The Warring Mind and the Pure Process Mind  and the Peace Maker Mind. The first two minds are weak and the last is a power mind. Starting… Continue reading

  • Good and the Abuse of Understanding

    Our latest war seems to have stalled out in a Memorandum of Misunderstanding where both sides realize they cannot win so they are trying to divide up the losses.In this writers experience most “memorandums of understanding” in any administration were… Continue reading

  • Good and Negotiating Victory in a War Already Lost

    Throwing the dice may work in a Casino once in a while, but it is not a good idea in the world of geopolitics. The average Iranian has certainly been a loser in this war when you consider the dice… Continue reading

  • Good and the Devil You Think you Know

    The easiest thing in the world is to accumulate evidence supporting your hatred of another person in the political realm. At the same time it is almost impossible to imagine how you yourself became the devil other people hate. Yet,… Continue reading

  • Good, Peace, and Violent Voices Condemning Violent Acts

    I once explained to a friend I couldn’t vote for the current president because it struck me he has a warring mind and warring minds beget warring acts.  Violence begins with violent minds and violent minds express violence leading to… Continue reading

  • Good, America, and the Playground Bully’s Fate

    This writer has lost more than a few playground fights in his youth.  I learned to give those sullen, foul mouthed, often lonely, bulked up bully boys a little space.  As I matured I watched wondering what happened to them. … Continue reading

  • Good and Move Over God, The War Department has This

    One thing we should have learned by now is you can’t prevail in a war using bombs exclusively and those ‘boots on the ground’ will ultimately be worn by our young men and women and not the people who send… Continue reading

  • 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