politics
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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
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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 “Rage Bait”: Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the year
Rage Bait is Oxford dictionary’s word of the year; except of course it is two words. How many words must one have to build a phrase of the year? I guess dictionaries would collapse under their own weight if they… 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 and Religious Orthodoxy: Renascence or Reign of Terror
That people are reported to be struggling to achieve deeper meaning in this uncertain time could be construed as good news. That there is a surge of people, and particularly younger men who are joining orthodox churches suggests a shift… Continue reading
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Good and the Fallacy of the Financial Elite
The highest standard of elite in a democracy is the authentic distillation, expression and codification of the public’s authority. Democracy is a public service. Yes, private individuals may have the power to trash the United States White House, but they are not… Continue reading
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Good and Sad Lives Without a History
This writer’s life, like probably most other people whose lives that exceed a certain number of years has been eventful without being exceptional. My spouse of 53 years, it happens, comes from a family that hand wrote letters to each… Continue reading
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Good, Life’s last Layer, and Abuse’s Memory
Skin is a complex body organ and not wrapping paper. When the child gets the first deep scratch and the skin releases that emergent bit of blood many children follow their instincts and scream. But it seems now as adults… Continue reading
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Good and Pain as a Persistent Poet Teacher
Pain is unfortunately embedded in the process of being alive and healthy. We seem to want to make pain a package of one thing when in reality pain is part of the body’s narrative sending complex messages of an urgent nature… Continue reading
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