politics
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Good, Line of Sight, and the Arroyos of Politics
We all are programmed to respond to line of sight. For example, I am on a hike in the high deserts of New Mexico and I see the destination structure flickering in the heat in the distance. I know that… Continue reading
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Good and the Strawman called Congress
It just might be time for those in Congress who have integrity to walk out and end any pretense that things are only just a little pressured in Washington. The Constitutional authority of Congress is being violated almost daily, and… Continue reading
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Good, Mental Health Crisis: and the 6 Chambers of Chance.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) seems an inventory of the predictable pain and suffering in the human mind. If you or a friend or family member has a mental illness you will have directly encountered the… Continue reading
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Good and Super Powers in an Age Needing Super Subordinates
That any nation is a super power is an astounding bit of hubris. No nation can be a super power when nature has geologic time and sheer force on her side. Nature is the superpower and human kind’s only thrivers… Continue reading
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Good, Real Life, Fellowship and the Games of Crisis
This writer can measure the sheer exhaustion of people with the current day crisis of leadership by how readers respond the the titles of this column. I would have to say that there is a limit being reached in terms… Continue reading
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Good, Nightmares and the Death Penalty
It defies my comprehension how people can so passionately support the death penalty. A woman with reported to be suffering from bi-polar, brain injury, child abuse is about to be executed in Tennessee. She has the unholy distinction of being… Continue reading
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Good, Mental Health, and Raging Leadership
“We will cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists. We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. We will rout the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all.”… Continue reading
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Good and the Problem of being a “For-Againster”
This is about either creating your way out of trouble or lounging in the passive position of simply being for-against. Creativity requires thought, courage, energy and concentration. Being For-Againster only requires you oppose what the others are for. Their “for” automatically becomes your… Continue reading
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Good and America Needing Leader’s but not Followers”
How can that be one might ask? Autocrats are currently having their day with their followers and it is becoming obvious to even a blind mouse what a mess we have. Just one example is wars that have no end… Continue reading
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Good and Evil; High Value/to ‘Collateral Damage’ Ratio
I gather a high value target would be the person or persons designated for death in this new kind of military conflict that is called a “war” only when the flags are flying. The news that there may exist ratios… Continue reading